Waugh's madcap innings of just nine minutes was the trigger that brought India back into the first Gabba Test, Saurav Ganguly's team taking 7-61 as Australia staggered to 323 for nine after 16 overs were squeezed in on a rain-hit second day.

Waugh was out for a four-ball duck, two balls after being involved in a dreadful mix-up that resulted in Damien Martyn (42) sacrificing his wicket in a needless run-out.

Waugh kept charging up the pitch despite Martyn raising his arm and sending him back.

Greg Chappell blamed the Australian skipper for the run-out and accused Waugh of snubbing opener Justin Langer by hurrying on to the field before Langer had left after his top-scoring 121.

The crowd was giving Waugh a standing ovation in tribute to his last Test in Brisbane as Langer disappeared with little acknowledgement after one of the best centuries of his Test career.

"He snubbed two players today and I think he would like to have that over again," Chappell said on ABC radio.

"I'm sure it wasn't intentional, particularly the Justin Langer one. Justin had played a fantastic innings in difficult conditions, and had done himself and his team proud and Steve stole the thunder from him by going out too early."

There's a feeling Waugh's gallop to the middle and his headlong pursuit of a third run against Martyn's wishes could be attributed to the emotion building around his final four Test matches after his well-publicised retirement announcement last week.

Australian coach John Buchanan acknowledged Waugh's farewell tour could disrupt the world champion team.

Buchanan said the issue was big enough to be raised at a team meeting.

"We talked about that at the beginning of the Test match and we understand there will be certain external factors brought to bear on Stephen because it's the last four Tests he's going to play," Buchanan said after Friday's play.

"We're aware throughout the series there will be a whole range of words, issues -- as you're (the media) trying to make out at the moment about a run-out -- which could potentially be an issue for Stephen and the team but hopefully we're much stronger than that.

"We see those as things that we recognise will happen but hopefully won't detract from the way we play the game."

Chappell said it was already happening, labelling the season the "Steve Waugh show".

"He (Waugh) would hope that the summer doesn't continue along those lines.

"It has got off to a bad start, and he needs to do something about it. He can't allow the event of Steve Waugh's retirement to overtake the rest of the team, and at the moment, the first signs are bad," Chappell said.