Thanks to Vipraj Nigam, India A gifted 10 runs to Sri Lanka A. Despite receiving warnings, the Indian batsmen continued to run into the middle of the pitch, where batsmen are not allowed to move forward.
Batsmen run sideways on the pitch to run between the wickets. Since bowlers pitch the ball right down the middle, batsmen are not allowed to run through the middle to avoid damage to the pitch.
Vipraraj Nigam gave a gift of 10 runs to Sri Lanka due to his repeated mistakes
As Vipraj Nigam did several times in the ongoing match, the match officials awarded a rare penalty to India A. When Sri Lanka A bats in the second innings, 10 runs will automatically be added to the board due to the penalty imposed on India.
Sri Lanka A won the toss and decided to bowl first Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla. India came under pressure due to the fall of many wickets in the beginning of the match. They lost both their openers Prabhsimran Singh and Vaibhav Suryavanshi with only 39 runs on the board. Vaibhav Suryavanshi, who won the Orange Cap by scoring the most runs for Rajasthan Royals in the IPL 2026 season, is still struggling to score runs in India.
On 9 June, against Sri Lanka A, the emerging opening batsman was out for only 14 runs, followed by an innings of 44 runs against Afghanistan A. Expectations are high from the 15-year-old as he is on the verge of making his debut for the senior cricket team. Due to Atishi’s explosive form in IPL 2026, the national cricket team selectors named him for India’s tour of Ireland and England.
Ruturaj Gaikwad, India A team captain Tilak Verma were also out without claiming a big score. Suryansh Shedge and Vipraj Nigam helped the team build some momentum against the hosts. Both the batsmen claimed to score more than fifty runs.
When Sri Lanka comes to bat in the second innings, they will benefit due to the penalty imposed on Indian batsman Vipraj Nigam. For this reason he was panelized twice. Every time, 5 runs were awarded as penalty, so two as penalty means 10 runs for the Indian cricket team.
The first penalty was given in the 35th over after Vipraj ran into the protected area. A few overs later he did the same and Upmire again acted as per the rules.
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