India have been hit with a rare punishment after it was deemed Ravichandran Ashwin committed ‘unfair’ play on the second day of the third Test against England. Ashwin was penalised for running down the pitch while batting in Rajkot and England will now start their first innings on 5-0. India were in command of the Test heading into the second day, starting 326-5 after centuries from captain Rohit Sharma and Ravi Jadeja. England quickly removed both overnight batters in the morning session, with James Anderson having Kuldeep Yadav caught behind and Joe Root catching Jadeja off his own bowling. …
