India, Oct. 8 -- What should have been a celebration of top-class batting turned briefly sour when an on-field altercation broke out between out-of-favour India opener Prithvi Shaw and young Mumbai spinner Musheer Khan during a three-day friendly match between Maharashtra and Mumbai at the MCA Stadium in Gahunje, Pune.

The flashpoint occurred just moments after Shaw was dismissed for a brilliant 181 off 220 balls, an innings laced with 21 fours and 3 sixes. Representing Maharashtra for the first time against his former Mumbai teammates, Shaw was in scintillating form, sharing a record-breaking 305-run opening stand with Arshin Kulkarni, who went on to smash 186 from 140 balls.

But Shaw's dismissal in the 74th over, caught at square leg ...