The obscure rule-break which means England will start their first innings with five extra runs after India’s extremely rare issue in the third Test
- India committed a rare rule violation during the morning session of day two
- England will start with five extra runs on the board after the indiscretion
England will start their first innings with five extra runs on the board after India committed an extremely rare rule violation on the second day of the third Test in Rajkot.
India resumed the day’s play at 326 for five, losing two early wickets, but recovered as Dhruv Jurel and Ravichandran Ashwin built a promising partnership.
However, their eighth-wicket stand included a moment of controversy when Ashwin was given a stern ruling by the umpires.
Ashwin ended up on the wrong side of the umpires after setting out for a single by running straight down the middle of the field.
India’s Ravindra Jadeja was also warned about the same during the final session on the opening day and the umpires had to take action after it went unheeded.
Umpire Joel Wilson indicated that England had been awarded five penalty runs
Ravichandran Ashwin was deemed to have run through the middle of the field
Wilson spoke to Ashwin as he explained his decision to award the penalty runs
Indian captain Ravindra Jadeja was also warned on Thursday for entering the field
England vice-captain Ollie Pope appeared to point out the breach of Indian rules on Thursday evening
After speaking to Ashwin, umpire Joel Wilson indicated that England had been awarded five penalty runs, which will be added when they start their first innings.
England vice-captain Ollie Pope appeared to have had a hand in ensuring the penalty was awarded as he pointed out India’s indiscretions to the officials on Thursday evening.
India was deemed to have breached Law 41.14 in the cricket rulebook, which states that ‘a batsman shall be deemed to have caused avoidable harm if either umpire is of the opinion that his/her presence on the field is without reasonable cause’.
Ashwin then made a useful 37 before being caught at mid-on by Jimmy Anderson off Rehan Ahmed’s bowling, ending his 77-run partnership with Jurel.
Debutant wicketkeeper Jurel fell for 46 soon afterwards after setting Ahmed behind Ben Foakes, and India were eventually bowled out for 445 when Jasprit Bumrah was trapped in front by Mark Wood after making a brisk 26.