It may have only taken an hour of play on the fifth day for the second Test between India and West Indies at the Arun Jaitley Stadium to reach its denouement. But the very fact that it went into the final day without rain affecting proceedings at any stage of the Test makes it a rare phenomenon in India in recent times.

For, the last time that a Test in this part of the world approached its prescribed duration without intervention from the weather was when the Indians took on Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad in March 2023.

It was no coincidence that the surfaces for both these Tests were placid and conducive for run-making. On that occasion two-and-a-half years ago, unlike the Delhi Test earlier this week where Shubman Gill & Co. sealed a seven-wicket win to complete a

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