David Warner celebrated another century during the first Test between Australia and India. Picture: Simon Cross Source: News Corp Australia

Match referee Jeff Crowe may yet consider confrontations involving Australian batsmen Warner, Steve Smith and Shane Watson with Indian skipper Virat Kohli, Varun Aaron, Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma.

Australia (5-290) had whisked to a 363-run lead with Smith on 52 and Brad Haddin 14 at stumps ahead of an expected declaration today. Mitchell Marsh (40) smashed three mammoth, long sixes and a boundary off one Karn Sharma (2-95) over to demoralise the tourists.

Warner (102) has 1061 runs at 75 in 14 innings this year after banking back to back tons in a Test for the second time since March against South Africa in Cape Town. Memories of Hughes’ dual tons against South Africa at Durban in 2009 were evoked in bitter-sweet fashion.

Warner’s sixth ton in 11 innings this year was overshadowed as a truce between Australia and frazzled India expired in bitter first Test flashpoints.

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David Warner was given three lives on his way to scoring his second back-to-back hundred in a calender year.

Umpire Ian Gould was forced to separate batsmen Warner and Watson from hand waving Dhawan and spearhead Aaron (1-43) before tea on the penultimate day. Warner was bowled and given a send-off by Aaron only for the opener to be recalled when replays showed the express paceman had no-balled.

Aaron’s parting “C’mon” was fired back with gusto as Warner returned to the crease on 66 – igniting a war of words with the Indians that soon embroiled burly No.3 Watson.

“I shouldn’t have had a go at him but it got me into another contest. The world knows how I play my cricket, I try and take it to them,” said Warner of the stink with Aaron.

The fireworks resumed in the 55th over after tea when Smith objected to an appeal from Rohit Sharma (1-35). This triggered a response from the bowler and prolonged intervention from Virat Kohli who remonstrated with umpires Gould and Marais Erasmus.

Former test bowler Greg Matthews says Aussie players overreacted when Virat Kholi was struck by a bouncer.

The goodwill that saw Australians falling over themselves to comfort Kohli when hit by a

Mitchell Johnson bouncer on Thursday was melting away.

It was an unexpected turn after Warner had looked to the heavens for a second time in four days to acknowledge further milestones in recognition of Hughes. There was a raise of the bat at 63 now synonymous with Hughes’ final knock before a leap into the air and focus on the clouds on reaching a brilliant ton.

Rubbing salt into India’s wound, Warner should have been out on 70 to rival Aaron when gloving a ball down leg side to keeper Wriddhiman Saha.

A fiery end to the second session has added even more spice to the first Test, with David Warner and Varun Aaron caught in a heated exchange after Warner was called back to the crease after Aaron bowled the left hander but over stepped.

Murali Vijay also dropped a hot chance at gully off Mohammed Shami (1-42) with Warner on 86. India would be left to rue its stubborn refusal to use the Decision Review System.

Tardy India, who bowled eight overs short of its required total, faces an exacting task to save this series opener while the highest successful run chase in Adelaide was 315 by Australia against England in 1901-02.

The final day pitch is no minefield but ripe for exploitation by off-spinner Nathan Lyon (5-134) who bagged a sixth, five-wicket haul in India’s 444 first dig.

“We’ve seen how much he has evolved in the last 12 to 18 months,” said Warner of Lyon who has 46 of 120 wickets in the first innings.

“There’s no reason why he can’t come out tomorrow with his tail up and help us take these 10 wickets.”

David Warner and Virat Kohli have words. Picture: Simon Cross Source: News Corp Australia

Gutsy Australian skipper Michael Clarke (7) lasted 20 balls valiantly attempting to prove his fitness from a back injury ahead of the second Test in Brisbane next week.

The jury remains out on Watson’s return to No.3 with scores of 33 and 14 this Test. Now bowling less with Marsh in the side, Watson remains a frontline opening option with Chris Rogers (21) averaging 19.6 from his past six Test innings. Rogers, 37, exited in uncharacteristic style, spooning a catch to Dhawan off Ishant Sharma (1-85) and hasn’t exceeded 50 in his past three Tests.

David Warner celebrates his second century of the Test. Picture: Simon Cross Source: News Corp Australia