The on-field umpires punished the India A cricket team and docked 10 runs from their tally for their repeated on-field mistakes. The visitors were fined after Vipraj Nigam was warned for running on the protected area of the pitch for the second time, in the 37th over.
He had already been warned in the 34th over of India’s innings. He had already been warned in the 34th over. The umpires punished Team India and deducted 10 runs from their tally.
Vipraj, who plays for Delhi Capitals (DC) in IPL, rescued India A and scored 51 off 49 balls. Courtesy of his knock, India A put on a total of 265/10 on the board. Suryansh Shedge also played his part and hit 72 off 66 balls.
Interestingly, Sri Lanka A were also docked five runs. During the India A innings, SL A wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella failed to collect the ball that went on to hit his helmet placed behind him. Under the ICC rules, the fielding team is punished when the ball hits the helmet placed.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi departs for 21
Meanwhile, Vaibhav once again failed to play a big knock and he departed for 21 off 14 balls. Sooryavanshi batted quickly and he batted with a strike rate of 150. He hit 3 fours and a six in his 21-run knock. But the left-handed batter failed to convert his start into a big one.
Sooryavanshi has yet to breach the 50-run mark in the series. He scored 14 runs on his India A debut against Sri Lanka A. The 15-year-old looked set for a big knock in the second game against Afghanistan A but departed for 44 off 22 balls. He has scored 79 runs in three games so far.
India A have one win from two matches. They defeated Sri Lanka A in their first game before suffering a defeat against Afghanistan A. Sooryavanshi will fly to Ireland to link up with the T20I squad after the tri-series.