Overview

• The second Test begins October 10 at Arun Jaitley Stadium, with multiple outlets citing ESPNcricinfo on expected conditions.
• Curators are preparing a surface with scattered grass and bald areas on black soil, a sharp contrast to Ahmedabad’s evenly grassed, seam-friendly pitch.
• Batters are forecast to benefit early, with spinners likely to gain influence as the wicket wears through the match.
• A quick outfield and relatively shorter boundaries in Delhi are expected to aid stroke-play and push scores higher.
• India leads the two-match series 1–0 after an innings-and-140-run win in Ahmedabad, where Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj excelled and KL Rahul, Dhruv Jurel and Ravindra Jadeja hit centuries.