Team India’s bowling maestro Ravi Ashwin added another feather to the flock as he became the second Indian bowler to pick up 500 test wickets after Anil Kumble (619), who holds the record for most wickets in test matches for India.
However, apart from this, another thing that grabbed headlines was a five-run penalty incident that Team India received because of Ravi Ashwin.
During team India’s batting, Ravi Ashwin ran over the protected zone of the pitch, repeating the mistake that was committed by his fellow teammate, Ravindra Jadeja, on day one of the Rajkot test.
However, after the day’s play got over, Ashwin spoke about the incident in a press conference, saying that “my poor motor skills didn’t allow me to get off the pitch in time.”
According to the ICC law, the protected area of the pitch is “that area of the pitch contained within a rectangle bounded at each end by imaginary lines parallel to the popping creases and 5 ft/1.52 m in front of each, and on the sides by imaginary lines, one each side of the imaginary line joining the centers of the two middle stumps, each parallel to it and 1 ft/30.48 cm from it.”.
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However, ahead of the start of day three play, team India suffered a huge blow as Ravi Ashwin opted out of the third test match with immediate effect due to a family emergency.
Nevertheless, he was replaced by talented Karnataka opener Devdutt Padikkal for the remaining amount of play that is left in the third test.