David Warner Admits he Crossed the Line vs Varun Aaron

Australian opener David Warner conceded he may have gone overboard while replying to a send-off from Varun Aaron. Warner, who eventually scored 102, was bowled off a no-ball on 66 and then called back to the wicket after replays showed that Aaron had overstepped. (Warner Joins Elite Club)

Aaron was over the moon when he bowled Warner and gave him a mouthful. The Aussie replied in kind when he got a reprieve thanks to the a TV referral. While both teams had shown restraint over the first three days as a mark of respect for Phillip Hughes, who died after being hit by a bouncer in a domestic Sheffield Shield game, the sledge fest on Friday, restored some normalcy into the ultra-competitiveness that both these teams have been known for. ('Best Form of my Life')

"For him to bowl the no-ball and me to come back in and I sort of went at him a little bit, I shouldn't have, but it got me into another contest and to start again from there. You have to keep riding the roller-coaster as much as you can." (Warner Slams Ton)

However, the 28-year-old said that at the end of the day this is how the game is played. (Warner, Aaron, Dhawan Engaged in Sledge Fest)

"It's just how cricket's played. When things don't go your way you sort of get the adrenaline up," Warner said in an interview to ESPNCricinfo.com.

Along with his partner Steven Smith, Warner was involved in several running battles with the Indian players. At one point he ran down from the non-striker's end to push Kohli away from Smith, who had drawn the Indian captain's ire after passing a comment to Rohit Sharma. Warner admitted that such actions were a result of players seeking to be more combative and did not see the on-field tussles as a contrast to the Australian cricketers showing concern for Kohli when he was hit by Mitchell Johnson bouncer in the first innings.

"I think the world knows that I like to get involved and that's how I play my cricket," Warner said. "That's how it is, I try to take it to them. If I have to be a bit verbal I will and sometimes I cross the line, I've got to try not to."

Warner channels his aggressive energy smartly and the results have shown in this Test, like the rest of the year. His century on Friday was his second of the match and sixth of the year. He had also scored a century in each innings against South Africa in March.

When asked if he was in the best form of his career, Warner conceded that he felt that was the case.

"I haven't done it before, so I think so. I've got to keep riding this roller-coaster and keep doing my job for the team, which is scoring runs at the top. Sometimes there is an advantage but at the top of the order you've got to bat as long as you can as big as you can."

"For me now it's about when I'm getting those hundreds, I've got to make big hundreds and turn them into double-hundreds for the team. That's my next goal, once I'm in I've got to try to go big like Michael Clarke did against India last time," he added.