Australia captain Ricky Ponting [Images] was fined 25 percent of his match fee on Monday for showing dissent during the opening day of the second Test against Bangladesh.

Ponting was handed the punishment by International Cricket Council (ICC [Images]) match referee Jeff Crowe in a hearing after the second day's play on Monday.

"Ponting was found to have breached 1.3 of the ICC Code which relates to 'Showing dissent at an umpire's decision by action or verbal abuse'," the ICC said in a statement on Monday.

The offence related to his reaction when Bangladesh batsman Aftab Ahmed was initially given not out following a referral to the third umpire during the first day of the Test. The decision was subsequently reversed.

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"Although I have sympathy for Ricky I cannot accept his move towards the on-field umpires as they made a move towards resuming play," Crowe said.

"He did not ask for the third umpire to be consulted but when he made that move and spoke to the officials I believe his involvement played a part in prompting the referral.

"That is a breach of the ICC's Test match playing conditions which states that players may not appeal to the umpire to use the replay system."