The incident took place after Indian fast bowler Mohammed Siraj was allegedly racially abused by spectators on the third and fourth day of the drawn Test at SCG.
Vihari, who was limping for major part of his innings due to a hamstring injury, and R Ashwin kept the Australians at bay with a marathon match-saving effort.
Hanuma Vihari (23 off 161 balls) and Ravichandran Ashwin (39 off 128 balls) helped ensure India were level heading into the final Test in Brisbane starting on Friday.
Hanuma Vihari (23) and R Ashwin (39) add 62 runs of 256 balls for the sixth-wicket, batting close to four hours, to deny Australia. Catch the highlights of Day 5 here
Wicketkeeper-batsman Pant and Jadeja suffered blows during the course of play on Day 3. Pant was replaced by Wriddhiman Saha when India came out to field