BRIDGETOWN-In­di­an bats­man Suresh Raina has been fined 25 per cent of his match fee for show­ing dis­sent on the open­ing day of the first Test against West In­dies on Tues­day. The left-han­der did not im­me­di­ate­ly leave the crease af­ter be­ing giv­en out and was found to be in breach of the ICC Code of Con­duct re­lates to "show­ing dis­sent at an um­pire's de­ci­sion by ac­tion or ver­bal abuse". "What Suresh did was a clear breach of the code, some­thing the play­er him­self has ac­cept­ed," matchref­er­ee Chris Broad said.

"There is a fine line be­tween show­ing dis­ap­point­ment at a dis­missal and demon­strat­ing dis­sent but on this oc­ca­sion Suresh was well over that line and his be­hav­iour was un­ac­cept­able." Raina, who made 53, was giv­en out caught at for­ward short leg off leg-spin­ner De­ven­dra Bishoo, af­ter stag­ing a face-sav­ing 117-run, fifth wick­et stand with VVS Lax­man (85). The bats­man shook his head and swung his bat at the ground in frus­tra­tion be­fore trudg­ing off. Raina plead­ed guilty to the of­fense and ac­cept­ed the sanc­tion.