India are on the verge of beating West Indies in the ongoing Delhi Test, but the host bowlers had to toil hard to bowl out the visitors on a slow pitch at the Arun Jaitley Stadium.

Kuldeep Yadav (5-82) and Ravindra Jadeja (3-46) produced magical spells to help India wrap up West Indies’ first innings at 248 in the second Test. Having gained a massive lead of 270 runs, the Indian management decided to enforce the follow-on.

However, the Caribbean batters were quite impressive in their second dig. Riding on centuries from John Campbell (115) and Shai Hope (103), the tourists posted 390/10 in 118.5 overs and made India bat again.

Chasing a modest 121 for victory, the home side reached 63/1 at stumps on Day 4, needing 58 more runs to clinch series 2-0.

After the close of play, India’s spin all-rounder Washington Sundar shared his thoughts on the playing surface, saying that wicket was consistent with what Delhi has produced over the years.

“This, I would say, is a typical Delhi wicket, where there is not much bounce and obviously, there wasn’t a lot of turn on offer also in this game. But yeah, different venues play out quite differently, and that’s the beauty about this format in particular," Sundar said in the post-day presser.

“We play in a lot of different conditions — be it home or away and obviously, all those conditions and the opposition challenge our skill sets and that’s the beauty of this format. We keep going," he added.

According to spinner, Kuldeep, being a wrist spinner, extracted more turn from the docile Kotla pitch compared to others.

Out of the 20 West Indies wickets, India’s spin troika claimed 13, with Kuldeep returning with a match haul of 8/186 in 55.5 overs across two innings. Washington picked one wicket in his 36 overs, while veteran Ravindra Jadeja bagged four scalps in a total of 52 overs.

“I think he (Kuldeep) bowled really well. He hit those areas really well and being a wrist spinner, he probably got a bit of purchase here and there as well and that definitely helped," Washington said.

“But yes, I think all the bowlers bowled really well. Even the quicks bowled their hearts out. So, yes, as I said, it’s really heartening to have taken 20 wickets on this track," he stated.

Indian bowlers delivered more than 200 overs in this Test match, and Washington mentioned that the England series had prepared them well for such scenarios.

“I mean, the England series definitely made us understand what it actually feels like to be on the field for five days because even in England, we fielded for about 180-200 overs every game. So, this definitely isn’t something very new to us.

“One thing for sure is that we have got to be really fit and on top of our game in that aspect and in Test cricket you honestly expect that. You expect most of the Test matches to go until the fifth day and challenge you in every way possible."

(With inputs from Agencies)