Ind vs Aus: Ravindra Jadeja fined 25 per cent of match fee

Ravindra Jadeja

India's hero in the opening Test victory over Australia here, Ravindra Jadeja was on Saturday fined 25 per cent of his match fee for applying cream on the swollen index finger of his bowling hand without taking permission from the on-field umpires on the first day of the match.

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Jadeja was seen in a video receiving something from pace bowler Mohammed Siraj and rubbing it on his left index finger. The Indian all-rounder's act had the Australian media and a former player "interested", but the ICC said the cream was applied to the finger purely for medical purposes and it did not change the condition of the ball.

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