Kings XI Punjab's Sandeep Sharma fined for angry outburst against umpire

Mohali: Kings XI Punjab pace Sandeep Sharma has been fined 50 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent at an umpire's decision during his team's IPL match against Gujarat Lions at IS Bindra Stadium here.

According to a statement from the organisers, Sharma admitted to the Level 1 offence 2.1.5 of the IPL Code of Conduct for Players and Team Officials and accepted the sanction, as such there was no need for a formal hearing.

For Level 1 breaches of the IPL Code of Conduct, the match referee's decision is final and binding.

The incident took place in the fifth over of the Gujarat Lions innings last night with Sandeep bowling his third over.

The bowler decided to switch to round the wicket and umpire A Nand Kishore called a no-ball as he believed that the bowler did not inform him of the change.

This led to a heated confrontation between Sandeep and the umpire, with skipper Glenn Maxwell also expressing his displeasure over the decision.

While KXIP skipper Maxwell said that the no-ball incident did not affect the team much, he expressed his disappointment about how the things unfolded during the post-match interview.

"Did not really affect us so much. It was probably a crucial point of the game. It was coming towards the end of the Power Play and unfortunately the umpire forgot to tell the batsman to move to the other side," Maxwell told IPL website.