New Delhi [India], Jan 31: The charge against Rayudu was leveled by on-field umpires Mr Abhijit Deshmukh, Mr Ulhas Vithalrao Gandhe, and third umpire Mr Anil Dandekar, and the Hyderabad skipper accepted it. The BCCI is also said to be looking into the role of the Hyderabad Team manager in the incident, a release stated on Wednesday (January 31).

The suspension has been handed for Rayudu's reaction after a controversy-marred fixture went Karnataka's way by a decisive two-run margin. In the second over of Karnataka's innings, there was an instance when Hyderabad player Mehdi Hasan - fielding at deep mid-wicket - touched the ropes with his foot while fetching the ball. The on field umpires did not check with third umpire and only two runs that the Karnataka batsmen ran were awarded to them. Replays however suggested that it should've been adjudged four, prompting Karnataka captain Vinay Kumar to have a word with match referee and the umpires. Before the start of Hyderabad's chase the two extra runs were awarded to Karnataka, changing their total from 203 to 205.

"There was some confusion in the middle at the start of our innings. What I went and told the umpire was 'Sir, you cannot change the score, we are batting for 204 as our target'. That is exactly what I told him and he said 'we'll see it at the end, let the match start.' The match was stopped for nine minutes, before the second innings. They had no business to stop the match once the target was declared. Then, what we said was we were playing for 204, and that was my exact words," Rayudu had said after the game.