Jaiswal unbeaten on 173 as India reaches 318-2 against West Indies in second test

NEW DELHI (AP) — Yashasvi Jaiswal was unbeaten on 173 runs as India reached 318-2 in 90 overs at stumps on the opening day of the second test against West Indies on Friday.

Jaiswal scored his seventh test hundred, and faced 253 deliveries to remain unbeaten through the day, after India had opted to bat. Shubman Gill won his first toss in seven tests as India skipper.

Gill was 20 not out as India again dominated the visitors.

India had won the first test by an innings and 40 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series. West Indies has not beaten India in their last 26 tests – home or away – stretching back to 2002.

Jaiswal reached his 100 off 145 balls, including 16 fours, early in the second session. India had gone to lunch at 94-1 in 28 overs.

Co-opener Lokesh Rahul was out stumped around half an hour before lunch – he scored 38 off 54 balls, hitting five fours and a six, before a sharp turner from Jomel Warrican (2-60) foxed him.

Sai Sudharsan scored a career-best 87 on either side of the lunch break. He put on 193 runs with Jaiswal for the second wicket – the duo batted out the entire second session as India went to tea at 220-1.

Sudharsan was lucky to be unbeaten at tea – he was dropped by Warrican at short mid-wicket off Justin Greaves just before the break. He reached his second test half-century off 87 balls, and hit 12 fours in all.

Warrican got his second success of the day in the final session – he trapped Sudharsan lbw in the 69th over. The batter challenged via DRS but the review stayed in West Indies’ favor.

Jaiswal and Gill batted out the remainder of the session.

Jaiswal was dominant throughout the day without offering a single chance and finishing with the third highest individual score by an Indian batter on day one of a test – Wasim Jaffer had scored 192 against Pakistan in 2007 and Shikhar Dhawan scored 190 against Sri Lanka in 2017.

The 23-year-old left-handed opener crossed 150 for a fifth time in 48 test innings and looks hungry for more runs on Saturday.

India fielded an unchanged lineup from the first test.

West Indies made two changes from the first test – medium pacer Anderson Phillip was called in for Johann Layne, and keeper-batter Tevin Imlach replaced Brandon King.

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India's Yashasvi Jaiswal celebrates after scoring one hundred and fifty runs on the first day of the second cricket test match between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct.10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

West Indies' wicketkeeper Tevin Imlach takes the bails off of India's KL Rahul, right, on the first day of the second cricket test match between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct.10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India's KL Rahul plays a shot on the first day of the second cricket test match between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct.10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India's Sai Sudharsan plays a shot on the first day of the second cricket test match between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct.10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India's Yashasvi Jaiswal and Sai Sudharsan run between the wickets to score on the first day of the second cricket test match between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct.10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

West Indies' Jomel Warrican, center, celebrates the dismissal of India's KL Rahul with teammates on the first day of the second cricket test match between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct.10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

West Indies' wicketkeeper Tevin Imlach takes the bails off of India's KL Rahul, right, on the first day of the second cricket test match between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct.10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India's captain Shubman Gill warms up before the start of the first day of the second cricket test match between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct.10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India's captain Shubman Gill warms up before the start of the first day of the second cricket test match between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct.10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India's Jasprit Bumrah warms up before the start of the first day of the second cricket test match between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct.10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India's Jasprit Bumrah warms up before the start of the first day of the second cricket test match between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi, India, Friday, Oct.10, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The New York Giants hired John Harbaugh as coach on Saturday, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the move had not been announced. The sides began working on a contract Wednesday night when it became clear that Harbaugh was the right fit.

Harbaugh joins the Giants 11 days after he was fired by the Baltimore Ravens, who made the playoffs 12 times with him in charge and won the Super Bowl in the 2012 season. They fell short of the postseason this year because of a missed kick at the buzzer in Week 18, leading ownership to make an change and put Harbaugh on the market.

General manager Joe Schoen and the Giants pounced, bringing on a proven winner with significant NFL head-coaching experience. Harbaugh was flown in on co-owner Steve Tisch’s private plane earlier this week, spent several hours at the team facility in East Rutherford, New Jersey, spoke with young quarterback Jaxson Dart and got wined and dined at nearby Elia Mediterranean Restaurant.

With the courting process complete, Harbaugh is now tasked with turning around the beleaguered franchise that has made just two playoff appearances over the past 12 years and not made it past the divisional round. Todd Monken could follow him from Baltimore to be offensive coordinator, unless he takes a head-coaching gig in Cleveland or elsewhere.

Harbaugh got the job over the likes of Kevin Stefanski, Mike McCarthy, Raheem Morris and Antonio Pierce, leapfrogging some of expected front-runners who got shuffled back as soon as the 63-year-old became available. The chance to work for stable ownership and Dart made New York an attractive landing spot over other places such as Tennessee, Atlanta and Miami.

The Giants have talented pieces in place on either side of the ball, including running back Cam Skattebo, receiver Malik Nabers and left tackle Andrew Thomas on offense, plus pass rushers Brian Burns and Abdul Carter and nose tackle Dexter Lawrence on defense. They have the fifth pick in the draft to add to that stockpile.

Changing the culture of losing that has pervaded the Meadowlands for the better part of the last decade is now on Harbaugh’s shoulders. Counting playoff games, the seven coaches who followed 2007 and ’11 Super Bowl champion Tom Coughlin have gone 45-105-1, a winning percentage of .300.

Harbaugh is 193-124 in 317 games in the league, a .609 winning percentage, since taking over the Ravens in 2008. He spent the previous 10 seasons as an assistant with Philadelphia, mostly as special teams coordinator and then defensive backs coach.

Schoen, after finding out from Tisch and co-owner John Mara that he was returning for a fifth year as GM, said the search would not be limited to just offensive- or defensive-minded options. While Harbaugh comes from a special teams background, he provides the kind of all-around coaching Schoen was believed to be looking for, along with a championship pedigree and a reputation that should garner him immediate respect within the locker room.

This is Schoen’s second hire after bringing Brian Daboll with him from Buffalo, where both were assistants with the Bills, in January 2022. Ownership fired Daboll on Nov. 10 after the Giants lost eight of the first 10 games in his fourth season as coach.

Mike Kafka coached out the string as the interim replacement after being promoted from offensive coordinator, and the team lost five in a row before winning its final two games to finish with a 4-13 record. Kafka interviewed but was never a serious candidate for the full-time job.

Almost no one was compared with Harbaugh, giving the Giants an off-field win that might be their biggest of any kind in several years.

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