Under the ICC's anti-racism code, the touring team is asked to advise the match referee of terms regarded as offensive in its culture but Kumble did not nominate "b*****d" as an offensive label, a Sydney Morning Heraldl report said.

Hogg had been charged by Indian team manager Chetan Chauhan of having said Anil Kumble and Mahendra Singh Dhoni that he was "looking forward to running through you b*****ds".

The Australian spinner will appear for a hearing before match referee Mike Procter in Perth, likely on Monday evening.

By contrast, the newspaper said, the word "monkey", which Harbhajan has been accused of using against Andrew Symonds was identified in the pre-series agreement as off-limits.

Hogg, who has been charged under level three offence of the ICC Code of Conduct, faces a ban of between two and four Tests unless his defence can successfully have the charge downgraded to a level one offence, or the Australians can get it dropped, the report added.