S Sreesanth was docked 60 per cent of his match fees for his verbal spat with Mumbai pacer Dhawal Kulkarni.

Temperamental pacer Sreesanth, who is representing Rest of India in the match, was found guilty of using offensive, obscene language/gestures, which fall below acceptable standards under clause 2.8 of Level II offence of the BCCI guidelines.

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Match referee K P Bhaskar held a formal hearing on Sunday afternoon before announcing his verdict.

If found guilty of any further breach in the code of conduct in future, the maverick Kerala pacer will attract Level III offence which could lead to a ban of minimum two to maximum five matches, Bhaskar said.

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Kulkarni was also charged under clause 1.4 of Level I for instigating and wrongfully accusing the opposition bowler and brining the game to a halt.

He, however, was let off after being reprimanded and an official warning.

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