What is it about India, the Hussey brothers and controversial umpiring decisions?

In Brisbane, errant electronics meant Michael Hussey was given out stumped during the one-day clash between Australia and the tourists before being recalled by the on-field umpires when the mistake was realised.

That embarrassing incident left India captain MS Dhoni upset but at least the right call was eventually made with Hussey clearly inside his ground when the stumps were broken.

The same cannot be said of an incident involving Hussey’s brother David during Sunday’s match between the two nations at the SCG.

The Victorian was scrambling for a run when his right hand blocked a throw at the stumps by Suresh Raina.

The Indians promptly appealed, feeling Hussey had deliberately handled the ball with his free hand, an act illegal under law 33 of the rules of the game.

Confident they had their man the tourists went into a huddle, only to be denied when umpire Billy Bowden – after a lengthy review by third umpire Simon Fry – gave Hussey not out.

Paragraph two of law 33 states a player is not out if he handles “in order to avoid injury” and a case could have been made Hussey was protecting his body rather than the stumps when he blocked the throw, though his hand was up for a long time.

Dhoni was once more left perplexed by the call and debated the issue with Bowden but Hussey’s reprieve was complete and, just as his older brother did at the Gabba, he batted on.