Australia's David Warner and India duo Shikhar Dhawan and stand-in skipper Virat Kohli were found guilty of breaching the ICC code of conduct and handed fines for bust-ups during the stormy first Test which ended in Adelaide on Saturday. Warner and Dhawan were fined 15 and 30 per cent of their match fees respectively for their roles in an incident that took place during the second session of play on Friday, while Kohli was also fined 30 per cent of his match fee for his involvement in a separate incident shortly before the close of play on the fourth day.
Warner, who made a century in each innings, and Dhawan were both fined for their roles in events that followed after Varun Aaron's delivery that bowled the Australian was called a no-ball after a video review. Warner, instead of walking directly back to his batting position, walked towards the bowler and made a provocative comment, said an ICC statement.
After the next delivery, Dhawan came in from his fielding position and aggressively remonstrated with Warner, stopping the game in the process. Kohli, in a separate incident, stopped play to approach Australian batsman Steven Smith and remonstrate with him after an lbw appeal off the bowling of Rohit Sharma had been turned down. The three players admitted the offences and accepted the sanctions proposed by match referee Jeff Crowe.
Scoreboard Australia 1st innings 517 for 7 declared (S. Smith 162 not out, D. Warner 145, M. Clarke 128; M. Shami 2-120) India 1st innings 444 (V. Kohli 115, C. Pujara 73; N. Lyon 5-134)
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Australia 2nd innings (overnight 290 for 5)
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C. Rogers c R. Sharma b K. Sharma 21
D. Warner b K. Sharma 102
S. Watson b Shami 33
M. Clarke c Saha b Aaron 7
S. Smith not out 52
M. Marsh c Vijay b R. Sharma 40
B. Haddin not out 14
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Extras: (b1, lb6, w5, nb9) 21
Total: (5 wkts dec; 69 overs) 290
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Fall of wickets: 1-38 (Rogers), 2-140 (Watson), 3-168 (Clarke), 4-213 (Warner), 5-266 (Marsh)
Bowling: Shami 11-2-42-1, I. Sharma 14-3-41-0 (6nb), K. Sharma 16-2-95-2, Vijay 6-0-27-0, R. Sharma 12-2-35-1, Aaron 10-0-43-1 (1w, 2nb)
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India 2nd innings
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M. Vijay lbw b Lyon 99
S. Dhawan c Haddin b Johnson 9
C. Pujara c Haddin b Lyon 21
V. Kohli c Marsh b Lyon 141
A. Rahane c Rogers b Lyon 0
R. Sharma c Warner b Lyon 6
W. Saha b Lyon 13
K. Sharma not out 4
M. Shami c Johnson b Harris 5
V. Aaron lbw b Johnson 1
I. Sharma stpd Haddin b Lyon 1
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Extras: (b5, lb8, w2) 15
Total: (all out; 87.1 overs) 315
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Fall of wickets: 1-16 (Dhawan), 2-57 (Pujara), 3-242 (Vijay), 4-242 (Rahane), 5-277 (R. Sharma), 6-299 (Saha), 7-304 (Kohli), 8-309 (Shami), 9-314 (Aaron), 10-315 (I.Sharma)
Bowling: Johnson 16-2-45-2 (2w), Harris 19-6-49-1, Lyon 34.1-5-152-7, Siddle 9-3-21-0, Watson 2-0-6-0, Smith 3-0-18-0, Marsh 4-1-11-0 Result: Australia won by 48 runs
Australia: lead 4-match series 1-0
Man-of-the-match: Nathan Lyon (AUS)
Toss: Australia
Umpires: Marais Erasmus (RSA) and Ian Gould (ENG)
TV umpire: Mick Martell (AUS)
Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL).
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