Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir fined entire match fee after IPL altercation

Lucknow Super Giants seamer Naveen-ul-Haq has also been fined 50 per cent of his match fee after a number of angry exchanges mar the clash with Royal Challengers Bangalore

Virat Kohli, Naveen-ul-Haq and Gautam Gambhir have all been fined following the angry exchanges that marred the Indian Premier League match between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore.

While Kohli and Gambhir have been docked their entire match fees, Naveen has lost half of his after each admitting to breaching Article 2.21 of the tournament's code of conduct.

It followed a heated clash between the two sides, which RCB won by 18 runs.

During the Super Giants' chase, both Kohli - who was animated throughout the match and was often seen interacting with the Lucknow crowd - and Naveen had to be separated in the 17th over.

Kohli cut an animated figure throughout the contest (SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

The former India and RCB captain was then spoken to by the umpires and then gestured towards Naveen.

Both players squared up again during the post-match handshakes and had to be beckoned away from one another, with Glenn Maxwell playing the role of peacemaker.

Gambhir, who had been seen shushing the Bangalore crowd during the first clash between the sides earlier in the competition - a one-wicket, final ball victory for LSG in Bangalore - then came together with Kohli with the two exchanging words while surrounded by several players from both squads.

The episode did not go unnoticed by the IPL, who charged Kohli and Gambhir - who were involved in an incident in 2013 - with level two offences, while Naveen's contribution only constituted a level one breach.

 RCB prevailed by 18 runs to move onto 10 points, level with the Super Giants (SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

"That's a sweet win boys," Kohli said in a video published by RCB's YouTube channel. "A sweet win. If you can give it, you got to take it. Otherwise don't give it."

Addressing the confrontation, RCB head coach Mike Hesson said: "I guess after the last match at the Chinnaswamy, where we lost off the last ball, it always felt like we were really desperate to get this one. So I think you probably saw a little bit of that boil over tonight."

RCB captain Faf du Plessis was among those trying to calm tensions after play but appeared to embrace Kohli's abrasive attitude.

"That's the best version of Virat, isn't it?" he said. "To see him pumped up like that. That's when he's at his best. It's really awesome to be a part of it. My job is to keep things calm on the field, which I thought we did really well."

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