The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has reiterated its zero-tolerance policy against document manipulation in junior cricket with an immediate crackdown on age-group players. After reports emerged stating that over 60 players in Bengal have been suspended due to alleged age discrepancies, the BCCI issued a release on Tuesday, confirming that two changes have been made to the Under-19 one-day team over age fraud involving a player named Rohit Yadav .
The strict measure follows an extensive documentation review conducted by the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and the BCCI’s age-verification cell. Investigators flagged major inconsistencies across multiple official documents, including contrasting birth certificates and repeated updates to Aadhaar records that displayed varying birth years ranging from 2006 to 2010.
In its statement, the BCCI said: “The Junior Cricket Committee has named Saurashtra Cricket Association’s Aryan Savsani as Rohit Yadav’s replacement in India U19’s One-Day squad, while Haryana Cricket Association’s Tanmay Baloda has been named as his replacement in the Multi-Day squad. “Rohit, who was named in India’s U19 squads for the upcoming fixtures against Australia U19 at Rajkot and Ahmedabad, has been withdrawn from the squad due to age discrepancies,” the press statement from the board further read.
