The mid-October winter tinge can be dicey for day-night cricket in the capital with the dew factor giving the coin a real toss when India square up to England Monday in the second of the five match One-day series, already one-up.

Though it would not be fair to compare the stature enjoyed by the Olympic Games to that of the Commonwealth Games, a comparative look at the prices of tickets between the event hosted by Delhi in 2010 and the biggest sporting extravaganza at hand next year in London, would be apt. Such is the stark contrast.

Just when you may have thought that the next best thing to watching the match live at Mohali is sitting in a pub and cheering your side, think again.

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief pitch curator Andy Atkinson on Saturday tried to dispel all apprehensions about the newly laid pitch at the Feroze Shah Kotla Stadium here, saying it is "ready to play".