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Australia [Images] all-rounder Shane Watson was fined 10 per cent of his match fee for verbal abuse during the third Test against India, the International Cricket Council [Images] said on Thursday.

Indian double centurion Gautam Gambhir [Images] faces the more serious charge of elbowing the Australian in the incident on Wednesday but will know the outcome of his hearing on Friday.

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The two players appeared for a disciplinary hearing before match referee Chris Broad.

"After considering the evidence, Broad found Watson guilty of verbally engaging with Gambhir in a manner that was not in keeping the spirit of cricket," the ICC [Images] said in a statement.

If found guilty, in-form Gambhir, whose double century put the hosts in control of the test, could be fined between 50 percent to his entire match fee and/or banned for one Test or two one-day internationals.

Gambhir elbowed Watson as he took a run after the bowler gestured and appeared to say something to him before the tea interval on the first day on Wednesday.