Bumrah, who posed for a photo with Konstas’ parents in the presence of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Kirribilli House on Wednesday evening, again didn’t take kindly to the teenager’s brash approach.

India’s strike weapon looked annoyed at Konstas for what he believed were time-wasting tactics as scheduled stumps time of 6pm (AEDT) approached.

Konstas didn’t take a backwards step, exchanging words with Bumrah in a confrontation that sent the large SCG crowd wild.

When Bumrah had Khawaja caught in the slips off the final ball of the day, the veteran turned in Konstas’ direction and appeared to give him a mouthful. Following the dismissal of Khawaja, several India players, including Bumrah and Virat Kohli, were quick to remonstrate with Konstas.

Khawaja’s dismissal left Australia 1-9 at stumps, with Konstas unbeaten on seven.

“They [Konstas and Khawaja] wanted to waste some time,” Pant told reporters after play. “I feel that’s the reason he had a conversation with Jasprit. He said something, I didn’t hear it. But I feel that’s the only thing he wanted to do, just waste some time so we didn’t bowl one more over.”

Australian debutant Beau Webster was quizzed about the exchange after play.

“It was an interesting one,” Webster said. “I was just sitting next to Heady [Travis Head] in the rooms, watching on the TV. He’s a very confident young man. It’s what they do these days, those youngsters, they sort of get after it and put themselves out there.

“Hopefully, he has a really good day tomorrow and puts a few runs on the board and gets [us] in a decent position.”

Former Australian coach Darren Lehmann put forward an easy solution if umpires believed there was deliberate time-wasting late in the day as fielding teams tried to get overs in.

“I would like to see the rule change that if a team delays too much, the umpire has the right to force another over,” Lehmann said on ABC Sport.

Earlier, Boland continued his lethal form, taking 4-31 to boost his series tally to 15 wickets at 15.46. He was also on a hat-trick, removing Ravindra Jadeja (26) and Melbourne century-maker Nitish Kumar Reddy in consecutive balls.

The hat-trick ball beat Washington Sundar all ends up but didn’t find an edge.

Boland could have been on another hat-trick earlier in the innings, outsmarting Yashasvi Jaiswal (10) before Kohli survived when third umpire Joel Wilson ruled the ball had brushed the ground as Steve Smith attempted a catch that ended in the hands of Marnus Labuschagne following an outside edge.

Kohli perished cheaply not long afterwards, caught behind the wicket on the off side for the seventh time this series, for 17.

The crowd of 47,566 was the highest for a day of Test cricket at the SCG since 53,001 turned out to watch Australia take on the West Indies in 1976.

Mitchell Starc (3-49) and Pat Cummins (2-37) also had good days with the ball, while Webster impressed on debut.

“I was able to get in the game early with some catches. It was definitely a way to settle the nerves,” Webster said.

In 2011, Nathan Lyon picked up his first Test wicket by removing Kumar Sangakkara courtesy of a wonderful diving catch from Michael Clarke.

There was a similar scenario on Friday, with Lyon this time fielding in the gully as Webster charged seeking his first Test scalp. However, Lyon couldn’t hold on to the chance that went his way off the bat of Jadeja.

Webster will have to wait for his maiden wicket.

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”I’m not sure why he was in gully,” Webster said with a laugh. “They said Starc should have been in gully, but he’s found his way there.

“I actually did throw five overthrows straight after that, which was not on purpose. It was a sharp chance and it was a bit of a half-volley. Certainly won’t be bringing that up with a man who’s got 500 wickets.”