India vs Australia: Virat Kohli shows who's the boss; gives David Warner animated 'injury' send-off — WATCH

New Delhi: It was coming. But nobody knew the scale of it. Indian captain Virat Kohli, often criticised for taking things too seriously which reflected in his on-field behaviour, seemed to have the last laugh on the infamous mocking controversy.

On Day 4 of the third Test of the ill-tempered India-Australia series in Ranchi, a fired-up Kohli was seen giving Aussie opener David Warner an animated send-off.

Here's the video:

Virat Kohli always gives it back in style. #IndvAus pic.twitter.com/Rt05y2ZM3G

— Shashi (@AllTimeBakchod) March 19, 2017

pic.twitter.com/wyesS0PBxg

— Harbhajan Turbanator (@cricketfreak07) March 19, 2017

The skipper was waiting for such a moment to make the Aussies known who's the boss. And that moment arrived rather too soon, as Ravindra Jadeja clean bowled Warner early in the Aussie second innings.

A jubilant Indian team gathered to celebrate the wicket, but Kohli was in a different mood. He gestured at his shoulder, then gripped it with his left hand, even was Warner walked past the fielders.

It was obviously a dig at Glenn Maxwell, who started the controversy earlier in the match, by mocking Kohli's injury.