India, Sept. 8 -- Mohammed Shami on Tuesday was pulled up by on-field umpire Virender Sharma during the Duleep Trophy final at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, with East Zone receiving a warning over an apparent unfair-play act. The incident happened during the final session on Day 3, with South Zone five wickets down in their chase of East Zone's mammoth first-innings score of 708.

During the 60th over of South Zone's second innings, the two on-field umpires asked fast bowler Shami for the ball. The pacer appeared to want the ball changed. But while it initially seemed that the umpires were inspecting the ball to determine whether it needed to be replaced, replays showed that they were not looking to make a change. Instead, the fi...