Mohammed Siraj provided some spark to the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by accusing Travis Head of lying about their exchange of words on the second day at the Adelaide Oval even as the Australians squared the series 1-1 on Sunday.

Both Head and Siraj were scheduled for a hearing from match referee Ranjan Madugalle though not much was expected besides a reprimand or a fine.

Team officials confirmed to The Telegraph from Adelaide that there was no racist taunt involved as during the 2008 Monkeygate episode involving Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds. Head played down the episode after the match, with the two players even sharing a hug.

“He said, ‘why did you swear?’ (and) I sort of said, ‘look, I didn’t at first … (but) I definitely swore at you the second time round’,” Head told the ABC. “I probably could have laughed it off and walked off and enjoyed myself. He just said it was a misunderstanding as well, and there were no issues for me. We move on. I’m sweet. It is what it is.”

Siraj had earlier claimed during an interview with Star Sports that Head used “abusive words” after his dismissal and claimed he did not hear the Australian first say “well bowled”.

“I was enjoying bowling to him, it was a good battle. He batted really well. At the end of the day, as a bowler, when he hits you for six off your good balls, something stirs in the blood, inside you — the passion rises,” Siraj said.

“My celebration after bowling him (out)... I was just celebrating, but his abusive reaction can be seen on television. If you see, at the start I didn’t say a word... I was just celebrating only initially.

"Later, at the press conference, he said wrong things... he claimed he said ‘well bowled’ to me. But that’s a lie. There was no ‘well bowled’ that I could see. And he talked about respect. I mean, we respect everyone. We don’t disrespect (anyone). I always have respected people as cricket is a gentleman’s game. But what he did wasn’t right... I didn’t like it at all.”

Head had said at the end of the second day that Siraj's reaction infuriated him.“I actually jokingly said, ‘well bowled’. Then when he pointed me (towards) the sheds, I had my reaction as well,” Head had told reporters. “I feel like the way I play the game, I would like a better reaction. I was surprised at the reaction... there was no confrontation leading up to it.

“I felt like it was probably, yeah, a little bit far at the time, and that’s why I’m disappointed in the reaction that I gave back. But I’m also going to stand up for myself."

Head claimed that it wasn’t the first time in the series that he was targeted. Virat Kohli got in Head’s face after he was out for 89 in the second innings in Perth.