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Sreesanth fined for showing dissent

April 08, 2010 09:07 IST

S SreesanthTemperamental pacer S Sreesanth [ Images ] is in the dock after he sarcastically clapped at Rajasthan Royals [ Images ] opener Michael Lumb and umpires, during their Indian Premier League [ Images ] (IPL) match at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur [ Images ].

The incident took place after the Kings XI pacer was hit for a boundary off a free-hit, after being adjudged for two successive no balls. After the match, match referee S Venkataraghavan fined Sreesanth 20 per cent of his match fee.

The Kerala [ Images ] pacer has pleaded guilty to a Level 1 offence (Article 2.1.3), which relates to "showing dissent at an umpire's decision."

Kings XI pacer was also involved in the infamous slapgate with Harbhajan Singh [ Images ] during the inaugural edition of the IPL.

Sreesanth lost his cool when in the third over of Rajasthan Royals' innings at a score of 28 for no loss, an erratic Sreesanth was called for two successive no balls and was hit by Lumb for a boundary off a free-hit.

Infuriated at the umpires' decision, Sreesanth first clapped at Lumb and then at the umpires.Television grabs later on showed team-mate Yuvraj Singh [ Images ] talking to the pacer, asking him to concentrate on his bowling.