Watch: On-Field Umpire Calls Prakhar Chaturvedi out despite Wicket-Keeper Dropping Catch

In a controversial incident, Karnataka U-23 opener Prakhar Chaturvedi lost his wicket after the on-field umpire called him out despite Uttar Pradesh wicket-keeper Aaradhya Yadav dropping the catch and collecting the ball from the ground during the Under-23 Col CK Nayudu Trophy final between Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

Bengaluru (Karnataka): In a bizarre incident, opener Prakhar Chaturvedi was given out caught behind by the on-field umpire despite the opposition wicket-keeper dropping the catch and collecting the ball after grassing it during the Under-23 Col CK Nayudu Trophy final between Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh at M Chinnaswamy stadium on Sunday.

Prakhar was batting on 33 off 68 deliveries when this controversial incident happened in the game. The right-arm pacer Kunal bowled a just short-of-length delivery against the right-hand batter, who came across and tried to whack it towards the square leg boundary. But the ball took the kiss of his gloves and went straight into the hands of a wicket-keeper, who eventually dropped that catch.

The Uttar Pradesh pacer started celebrating the wicket before ensuring whether the catch was taken or not and the umpire was seen in a hurry as he called it out instead of waiting and confirming whether the ball was taken or not. Prakhar, who saw the action from the striker's end, was shocked by the umpire's decision but walked back to the pavilion.

The umpire and the wicket-keeper Araadhya Yadav have faced a lot of heat after this incident on social media. Many on social media have questioned the BCCI for the answer and demanded the board to ban the umpire and the wicket-keeper for at least two years.

Yajuvender Chauhan, a random social media user, wrote, "The wicketkeeper needs some morality lessons. If this is how he is going to play he is not likely (to) go too far in his career."

“Kindly ban the wicketkeeper, all 3 umpires, the commentators to take part in any domestic leagues or matches for life. The keeper and the umpires should be banned for life so that no one would even dare to think of cheating ever in a gentleman's game,” wrote another user Yuvaansh Singh.

“We obviously know the umpire is at fault but the keeper should be feeling ashamed of himself for that,” quipped Sushant Kalgutkar. Earlier in January, Prakhar Chaturvedi became the first player to score 400 in the final of the Cooch Behar Trophy, the U-19 tournament of the BCCI, after his stroke-filled unbeaten 404 against Mumbai at the KSCA Navule Stadium.

His 638-ball long knock was laced with 46 boundaries and three sixes as he powered hosts Karnataka to a mammoth 890 for 8 declared in 223 overs which they eventually won on the basis of first innings lead.

Coming to the match, Karnataka won the coveted Under-23 Col CK Nayudu Trophy after taking the first-innings lead against Uttar Pradesh in the four-day encounter. The hosts scored 358 runs in their first innings with the help of Yashovardhan Parantap's (105) brilliant century and then bowled out the opposition for partly 149 runs total, taking 209 lead.

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