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Ishant fined for making inappropriate gesture to Pattinson

PTI | By, New Delhi
Mar 24, 2013 08:58 PM IST

India paceman Ishant Sharma was on Sunday fined 15% of his match fee for gesturing towards the pavilion after dismissing Australian batsman James Pattinson during the third day's play in the fourth Test here.

India paceman Ishant Sharma was on Sunday fined 15% of his match fee for gesturing towards the pavilion after dismissing Australian batsman James Pattinson during the third day's play in the fourth Test here.

Sharma admitted to the charge and accepted the sanction imposed by match referee Ranjan Madugalle.

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Through his admission, Sharma was found to have breached Level 1 Article 2.1.6 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel (the "Code"), which relates to pointing or gesturing towards the pavilion by a bowler or a fielder upon the dismissal of a batsman during an international match.

The incident happened on the fourth ball of the 45th over when Sharma, after dismissing Pattinson, repeatedly gestured towards the pavilion while in his follow through.

"Ishant's reaction after dismissing James Pattinson was inappropriate and clearly in breach of the Code. I'm sure Ishant will learn from this incident and ensure such actions are not be repeated in the future," Madugalle said.

On-field umpires Aleem Dar and Richard Kettleborough, third umpire S Ravi and fourth umpire Anil Chowdhary brought the charge.

All Level 1 breaches for this offence carry a penalty of a warning/reprimand and/or the imposition of a fine up to 50% of the applicable match fee. As with other breaches at this level, the ICC match referee's decision is final and binding.

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