Indian players have taken issue with an unfavourable DRS call in the third Test against South Africa in Cape Town, going so far as to send messages to the broadcaster via the stump microphone.
After being bowled out for 198 in their second innings to set the Proteas 212 to win the match and take a two-one lead in the series, India were pushing hard for their second wicket.
They looked to have their man when skipper Dean Elgar was given out LBW to Ravichandran Ashwin but, upon review, ball tracking had the delivery going over the top of the stumps.
Take a look at the incident below.
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Shaun Pollock and Sunil Gavaskar discuss the use of hawkeye after Umpire adjudged Dean Elgar out lbw but reversed his decision as the tracking technology showed the ball going over the wicket... pic.twitter.com/k9w9ajisE1
The visitors - and even umpire Marais Erasmus - could hardly believe it and the players let their frustrations show.
"You should find better ways to win, Supersport," bowler Ashwin said around the crease, referencing the host broadcaster in South Africa.
Captain Virat Kohli bent down close to the stumps with a pointed message of his own.
"Focus on your team as well when they shine the ball eh, not just the opposition," Kohli said, partly a reference to the Supersport crew's role in uncovering Australia's use of sandpaper at the same venue in 2018.
"Trying to catch people all the time."
Kohli's right-hand man KL Rahul then had a go: "Whole country playing against eleven guys."
The visitors eventually picked up the wicket of Elgar for 30 to bring an end to the day's play with the home side in the box seat, requiring 111 runs with eight wickets in the sheds.
South African bowler Lungi Ngidi said the Indian reactions were a result of the pressure they were feeling.
"Reactions like that show a bit of frustration. And sometimes teams capitalise on that," Ngidi said post-play.
"You never really want to show too much emotion, but I guess we could see clearly right there that emotions were high.
"That probably tells us that maybe they are feeling a little bit of pressure. That was a good partnership for us as well. So they really wanted to break that partnership."
