Hyderabad: Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir was today fined 15 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent at an umpire's decision in his side's IPL match against Sunrisers Hyderabad here.

"In the Pepsi IPL match in Hyderabad last evening, Gautam Gambhir of Kolkata Knight Riders was fined 15 per cent of his match fee for showing dissent at the umpire's decision," the IPL said in a statement. "Mr. Gambhir admitted to the level 1 offence (Article 2.1.3) and accepted the sanction.