Sri Lanka has been fined 27 runs so far, it got punished for this mistake.

The Sri Lankan team is currently on a tour of South Africa, where it has been fined 27 runs so far. This fine was imposed on the Sri Lankan team on the first day of the first Test match being played in Durban. Actually, this fine was imposed on them due to a big mistake committed by one of their players. The first day's play between Sri Lanka and South Africa in the Durban Test could not be completed due to rain. Only 20 overs were played on the first day of the Test match, in which South Africa scored 80 runs after losing 4 wickets.

Sri Lanka has been fined 27 runs so far

On the second day of the Durban Test, the host South Africa will be looking to build partnerships so that they can recover from the setbacks of the top order. On the first day of play, when the Sri Lankan bowlers were overpowering the South African top order, their player Dimuth Karunaratne made a mistake. Due to that mistake, Sri Lanka was fined 27 runs by the end of the first day's play.

What is the penalty for the mistake?

Now let's find out what mistake Sri Lankan player Dimuth Karunaratne made. This incident is related to the 8th over of the first day's play. On the very first ball of this over of South Africa's innings, Dimuth Karunaratne missed the catch of South Africa's captain Temba Bauma. At that time, Bauma was playing on just 1 run. After Karunaratne missed the catch on the first ball of Vishwa Fernando's over, Temba Bauma added 27 more runs to his score till the day's play ended, which is no less than the fine imposed on Sri Lanka.

The big thing is that Temba Bauma is still not out. This means that the 27 runs he added to his score after the dropped catch may increase further.