Australian Test skipper Alyssa Healy was awarded a boundary after a tense exchange with her Indian counterpart Hermanpreet Kaur.
In the dying moments of the third day of the lone Test in the multi-format series, Healy came down the wicket and played the ball back to Hermanpreet.
Seeing the Aussie out of her crease, Hermanpreet attempted to throw down the stumps, but the throw was wayward and deflected off Healy's bat as she moved to defend herself.
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As the ball rolled to the third man boundary, Hermanpreet appealed for obstructing the field.
Cricket laws state a batter cannot be given out obstructing the field if the movement is accidental, or in order to avoid injury.
The umpires only briefly met before declaring Healy not out and awarding the boundary.
It's not the first time the pair have exchanged in a verbal stoush. During the T20 World Cup semi-final between the two sides in February, Hermanpreet was run out after her bat got stuck in the ground, which stopped her from making her ground.
But after the game, Healy – who was the one to effect the run out – said Hermanpreet was "cruising" and could have easily made her ground "if she genuinely put in the effort".
While it was the Aussies who had the last laugh on that occasion, it was Hermanpreet who won this little battle.
With the very next ball, Healy tried to sweep a quicker ball, but missed and was struck bang in front of the stumps and given out lbw.
Fighting their way out of a 187-run first innings hole, the Aussies made it to stumps at 5-233, a lead of 46.
Healy's was the second of two wickets Hermanpreet claimed late on day three that has put India in the box seat to claim victory.
Earlier, Tahlia McGrath was sensational on her way to 73, before she was bowled in the 72nd over.
McGrath was incredibly unlucky. She lunged forward in defence, and the ball took an inside edge onto her pad, and then rolled back into her leg stump.
McGrath and Healy had to that point put on 66 for the fourth wicket.
Having been bowled out for only 219 on day one, the Aussie top order of Beth Mooney (33), Ellyse Perry (45), McGrath and Healy looked far more comfortable in their second innings.
Having been run out for a rare diamond duck in the first innings, Phoebe Litchfield made 18.
Annabel Sutherland (12*) and Ashleigh Gardner (7*) will resume on Sunday afternoon no doubt looking to bat long and force a draw in the four-day Test.
Play at the Wankhede Stadium in southern Mumbai will resume at 3pm (AEDT).
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