*KARACHI- Pakistan’s teenage leg-spinner Shadab Khan has been fined forviolating the players’ code of conduct in a Twenty20 against the WestIndies, the International Cricket Council said Tuesday.*

The 19-year-old was fined 20 percent of his match fee and handed a onedemerit point following a “send off” signal after dismissing West Indianopener Chadwick Walton in the second Twenty20 international in Karachi onMonday.

“The Pakistan wrist spinner was found to have violated article 2.1.7 of thecode, which relates to ‘using language, actions or gestures which disparageor which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batsman upon hisdismissal during an international match’,” the ICC said in a statement.

The incident happened in the ninth over of the Windies’ innings “whenShadab, after dismissing Walton, pointed his finger at the departingbatsman and also made an inappropriate comment.

“After the match, Shadab admitted the offence and accepted the sanctionproposed by David Boon, the ICC match referee, and as such there was noneed for a formal hearing.”

Shadab took 2-23 in the match which Pakistan won by 82 runs to take anunassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series. The last fixture is alsoin Karachi on Tuesday.

Shadab has played one Test, 17 one-dayers and 15 Twenty20 internationalssince making his debut last year. – AFP