Indian speedster Ishant Sharma has been found guilty of a level one offence under 1.6 of the ICC Code of Conduct and has been fined 15 percent of his match fee for gesticulating towards the pavilion after dismissing Australia's Andrew Symonds. Following the decision of the Match Referee - Jeff Crowe - the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) maintained that lshant was provoked into acting, and has asked the referee to tell the Aussies to avoid provoking players with their behavior. It is also learnt that Team India's management has written a letter to the match referee appealing for curb on sledging.   read more »