The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has slapped a Jammu and Kashmir cricketer named Vanshaj Sharma with a two-year-ban after he was caught with a number of start certificates with totally different dates. The Jammu-born cricketer had reportedly shifted base to Bihar to play U-23 event and utilized with a faux start certificates. As a end result, the cricketer now faces a two-year ban. He can return to play in senior males’s cricket matches however will not be ever allowed to play age-group cricket in India, mentioned the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association.
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BCCI has a strict coverage to deal with age fraud in cricket; defined right here in 5 factors
In the 12 months 2020 when Sourav Ganguly got here in as president of the BCCI and Jay Shah as secretary, the board launched a algorithm and rules pertaining to age verification and participant conduct in varied age group tournaments. These guidelines are designed to take care of the integrity of age-based competitors and guarantee truthful play.
Here’s a abstract of the important thing factors:
Voluntary Disclosure Scheme (VDS): Players who beforehand manipulated their date of start utilizing faux paperwork can keep away from suspension by voluntarily revealing their precise date of start earlier than a set date. Failure to reveal could end in a 2-year ban from age group tournaments.
Fake/Tampered Birth Certificates: Starting from the 2020-21 season, any participant discovered submitting faux or tampered start certificates will face a 2-year suspension from all BCCI and State Unit cricket matches. After the suspension, participation in age group tournaments is prohibited.
Domicile Fraud: Cricketers discovered to have dedicated domicile fraud, together with senior women and men, will even be banned for two years. The VDS doesn’t apply to domicile fraud instances.
Age Restrictions: In the Under-16 age group event, solely gamers aged between 14 and 16 will likely be allowed to register. This ensures that individuals are throughout the specified age vary.
Late Birth Registrations: In the Under-19 age group, gamers whose start registrations happen greater than 2 years after their precise birthdate, as per the start certificates, will face restrictions on the variety of years they will take part in BCCI Under-19 tournaments.
India coach Rahul Dravid was the top of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) again then when the principles had been carried out. Rahul has been the coach of a number of U19 groups and performed a giant position in guaranteeing one U19 participant was by no means repeated within the World Cups. He has spoken in opposition to age fraud and been vocal in his stance since turn out to be coach.
“Age fraud is a serious matter and is detrimental to the health of the sport. Many youngsters who are supposed to be playing in a particular age group fail to make it owing to age fraud. With the BCCI taking stern actions to curb this, it is only advisable for the players to come forward and abide by the directives issued by the Board,” mentioned Rahul, a while in the past.Â
