With three balls remaining in the match, the Indians' batsman on strike played a defensive shot back to the bowler.
Central bowler Mark Chapman picked up the ball and started walking back to his run-up mark.
The non-strike batsman Himesh Gosai downed his bat and then walked out of his crease, thinking the ball was dead, to talk to his batting partner.
Chapman then removed the bails with the ball and appealed for the wicket, arguing Gosai had walked out of his crease.
Following a conversation with the umpire, Gosai was given out, handing Central the victory.
The Indians were shocked by the decision and argued that it was completely against the spirit of the game, and it was an unwritten rule that you did not take advantage of a player who was clearly not going for a run.
To their credit, after the game, Central agreed it was a poor way to finish the match and the game was called a draw.
Indians player Sanjay Unka said he had been playing cricket for decades and had never seen someone do that before.
"It was pretty disappointing to see," he said. "In the end it was a draw but it did not come about in the right way."
He said it was good that Central agreed on the draw, but it should not have happened in the first place.
"Technically within the letter of the law it was out ... but it was against the spirit of the game."
Unka said he was disappointed it took until after the match to resolve the matter, and Central's senior players should have got involved on the pitch.
Central captain Jason Trembath said although it was a poor way to finish, he was glad the right result had been made in the end.
Trembath said once his team was in the changing sheds, and had a chance to talk about what happened, they decided to call it a draw.
Trembath said they had left it up to the umpire on the field to make a decision and that was why they only discussed it fully when they were back in the changing sheds.
While the game did not finish in a great manner, it started in good spirits with both teams paying their respects to Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes, who died last week.
Both Rotorua sides are yet to record a win in the Bay Cup this season.
- Bay Cup results on Saturday (round six):
Tauranga Boys College 206 (H Perry 43, M Orchard 39; C Thomas 4/59, C Williams 2/40) lost to Greerton 210/4 (T MacRury 100, K Hodder 46no; H Perry 2/30)
Whakatane United 90 (M McCann 3/8, D Bell 2/12) lost to Te Puke 92/2 (V Wilson 39no)
Carrus Mount Maunganui 193 (P Drysdale 65, T Goodin 45; D Deeble 4/22, B Christensen 3/37) defeated Otumoetai Cadets 169 (D Deeble 48, J Carter 40; T Goodin 3/25)
Central 233 (Andrew McCaa 54, Kyle Blanchard 51; H Gosai 4/52) drew with BOP Indians 160/9 (Bharat Popli 47, Yohann Irani 28; J Trembath 6/46, Tahir Afridi 2/34)
- Points Table (provisional): Maunganui 94.0, Greerton 83.5, Cadets 72.0, Te Puke 54.0, Tauranga Boys' College 38.5, Central 35, Whakatane United 24.5, BOP Indians 24.0.
