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.
Match referee KP Bhaskar held a formal hearing this 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.
Kulkarni was also charged under clause 1.4 of Level I for instigating and wrongfully accusing the opposition bowler and bringing the game to a halt.
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