A communication breakdown between Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh was responsible for one of the turning points in a tense finish to the second Test.
Australia, having been set a target of 188 by India in Bangalore, were reasonably well placed at 2-67 with Smith and Marsh both looking as comfortable as any batsman did in the difficult chase.
But they fell in a heap following Marsh's dismissal, eventually folding for 112 to suffer a 75-run loss
Marsh was wrongly given out lbw by umpire Nigel Llong, but opted against reviewing the verdict.
The 33-year-old was wary of wasting the side's final review, but Smith convinced him to send it upstairs.
At least that was the intention of Australia's captain.
"We weren't entirely sure. I sort of said 'go'. As in go, have a look at it," Smith said.
"He sort of turned around and started walking, so I should have probably put my hands up and done it.
"Obviously we saw with the replay it was missing the stumps, so it would have been a nice one to have reviewed."
Australia only had one review left because David Warner queried his own lbw verdict. Ball-tracking replays suggested Warner was struck outside the line of off stump, but somehow delivered a verdict of 'umpire's call'.
Smith admitted Marsh's non-referral was an important moment in the context of the match.
"Shaun was looking pretty good, so it was a disappointing wicket," he said.
"But that's the game of cricket. You have to move on and try and do what you can from there."
Australia's use of the Decision Review System (DRS) has been outstanding in the ongoing series, relative to that of the hosts.
But the bungle between Smith and Marsh isn't the first time that a simple miscommunication has proven costly.
George Bailey told David Warner to refer an lbw dismissal in an ODI against New Zealand last year, only for the vice-captain to walk off.
"I said `go for it' and he turned around and walked off, so I don't really know what more he wants from my end," Bailey noted at the time.
"He said `I wasn't that confident in what you had said'."
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