Why England will start their innings at 5/0 against India in third Test at Rajkot?

England will be starting their first innings at 5/0 in the third Test against India which is being played at the Saurashtra Cricket Stadium in Rajkot. The visiting team were given an advantage of five runs after India were penalised after running on the danger area of the pitch. After Ravichandran Ashwin was found guilty of running on the middle of the pitch on Day 2 of the Test, umpire Joel Wilson signalled a penalty of five runs for Team India. This means England will start their innings at 5/0.

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This was the second time in the ongoing Test when an Indian player was warned for running on the middle of the pitch after Ravindra Jadeja was given the first and final warning on Day 1 for running on the protected area.

India were also involved the last time such a thing happened in Test cricket in 2016-17. At that time also Jadeja was the guilty party for running on the middle of the pitch against New Zealand.