Much of the interest in the lead-up to the second Test at the Arun Jaitley Stadium centred around what Australia’s approach would be in the aftermath of their dramatic implosion in Nagpur last week. Pat Cummins’s continued good fortune with the toss meant that would reveal itself on Friday’s Day One itself, and it was clear the visitors had come armed with the proactiveness their skipper had demanded.

A first-innings total of 263 all out was a marked improvement from the first Test, where across two innings, Australia only managed 268. Usman Khawaja led the way with a well-crafted 81 and Peter Handscomb held the lower order together with a spunky unbeaten 72.