The four-match series that will be remembered as much for its off-field controversies as on-field exploits, had its fair share of drama on the third day of the fourth and final Test here.
At first, there were frayed tempers between Matthew Wade and Ravindra Jadeja after Glenn Maxwell's dismissal and then Smith looked very upset when Vijay claimed Josh Hazlewood's catch, which was later given not out by the TV umpire.
The Indian players were called back and Smith, who was in the Australian dressing room, looked displeased with Vijay's quick run into the pavilion and was caught by television cameras mouthing the words "f****** cheat".
Smith was heard using the cuss word in a video uploaded by the Australian broadcaster.
Asked if Hick was disappointed with Vijay, the former England batsman sounded sympathetic.
"No, I mean having fielded in slips and close to the bat, sometimes, you are not a 100 percent sure. He would have felt that got into his fingers and felt that it was a clean catch. If anything, once the batter or whoever maybe has gone for the review, yeah fair enough, maybe the fielder should stand around and wait. The processes are in place."
Hick said that despite the heated arguments, the series has been played in good spirit.
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Maxwell predictably took a DRS, which remained umpire's call even though it looked tight in TV replays.
As Maxwell started walking, an angry Wade tried to approach the melee of Indian players but Ravichandran Ashwin came in between and held back the Aussie keeper.
Wade was having an argument with Jadeja, who seemed equally involved before another player pulled him aside.
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It was later learnt that after Jadeja's sword wielding act, Wade told him: "Why don't you just go back and do all these... Your instagram is full of all these ****", prompting Ian Gould to say, "Gentleman please continue with the game.
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