Finn Allen Wicket Controversy: The 15th match of IPL 2026 is being played between Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) and Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. A big controversy broke out at the very beginning of the match, which created discussion in the entire cricket world.

In the second over of the match itself, Lucknow Super Giants fast bowler Prince Yadav showed Finn Allen the way to the pavilion. But during this time a big mistake was made by the umpire, which surprised everyone.

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Actually, Prince Yadav dismissed KKR opener Finn Allen on the fourth ball of the second over of Kolkata Knight Riders' innings. The ball was outside the off stump on a hard length, with a little outside movement. Allen tried to play a pull shot, but the ball touched the upper edge of the bat and rose very high. Digvesh Rathi, standing towards deep third man, took a brilliant catch while standing on the boundary.

Initially it looked like a great catch. But the replay clearly showed that Digvesh Rathi had touched the boundary rope (skirting) while taking the catch. In a moment it seemed as if his feet or body were touching the rope. Apart from this, slight movement was also seen in the boundary cushion. Still the umpire did not check and Finn Allen was given out. This decision immediately came into controversy. If the umpire had shown caution, Allen would not have been out because it was a six and he would have got 6 runs.

There was an uproar on social media

The Eden Gardens crowd seemed very angry at this decision and hashtags like #FinnAllenNotOut and #BadUmpiring started trending on social media. At the same time, due to this mistake of the umpire, Kolkata Knight Riders lost their first wicket on 15 runs. Finn Allen returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs on 8 balls.

There was an uproar on social media

The Eden Gardens crowd seemed very angry at this decision and hashtags like #FinnAllenNotOut and #BadUmpiring started trending on social media. At the same time, due to this mistake of the umpire, Kolkata Knight Riders lost their first wicket on 15 runs. Finn Allen returned to the pavilion after scoring 9 runs on 8 balls.