Explained: Why Sri Lanka A Started at 10/0 in IND-A vs SL-A?

The Tri Nation A Series in Sri Lanka is underway, where the 4th match is being played between India A and Sri Lanka A at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla. Ahead of the start of the IND-A vs SL-A match, the toss was won by the Sri Lanka A skipper, who chose to bowl first, putting India A batting first.

India A struggled a lot at the start of the innings, where their batting was almost collapsed, but all-rounder Suryansh Shedge and Vipraj Nigam stitched a crucial partnership and led India A to a total of 265 runs. As the second innings began with Sri Lanka A batting, many fans saw that Sri Lanka A started at 10/0, which is quite unusual and made fans curious to know why this happened.

Why Sri Lanka A Started at 10/0 Against India A?

The Sri Lanka A started their innings at 10/0, which was due to the rule of the danger area penalty in cricket. India A batter, Vipraj Nigam, ran into the danger area a couple of times in the first innings, which led to penalty runs. In the span of 15 balls, Vipraj ran into the danger area, first at 34.3 over, and then it was during the 36.4 over.

As per the rule of the danger area penalty in cricket, the opposition team is awarded 5 runs whenever the batter runs in the danger area. However, the penalty happened twice in a single innings, which led to a total penalty of 10 runs to India A and resulted in Sri Lanka A's innings being started at 10/0 without any ball being bowled.

Helmet Penalty Incident Also Occurred

In the India A vs Sri Lanka A match, something unusual happened because of a rare rule. During the 16th over, a wide ball went past the Sri Lankan wicketkeeper and hit a helmet that was lying on the ground behind him. As per cricket rules, if the ball hits an unattended helmet, the play stops immediately, and the batting team gets 5 penalty runs. Since it was also a wide, India A got a total of 6 runs from just one ball. India A went on to score a total of 265 runs after a handy knock by Suryansh Shedge, who can be one of the best all-rounders in India in the future.