Three Sri Lankan players fined

Sri Lanka's sense of jubilation on Monday morning, after their Asia Cup triumph, has been tempered slightly by the news that three players - Kumar Sangakkara, Upul Chandana and Tillkaratne Dilshan - have been fined for bringing the game into disrepute.

Mike Procter, the ICC match referee, held a disciplinary inquiry on Monday morning, delaying the team's departure for the first Test at Galle, after the behaviour of the trio was reported by David Shepherd and Billy Bowden, at the end of the match.

Their complaint followed heated exchanges between Sangakkara and Harbhajan Singh towards the end of the Indian innings and a verbal exchange after the dismissal of Mohammad Kaif moments before.

Procter found Sangakkara guilty of a Level 2.9 breach of the ICC's Code of Conduct, which deals with the use of "language that is obscene, offensive or of a generally insulting nature". Sangakkara escaped a match-ban but was fined 100% of his match fee.

Chandana and Dilshan were charged for a Level One offence (1.4), which also refers to the use of obscene language, and were fined 50% of their match fee.