BCCI Bans Bengal U-19 Spinner Rohit Yadav For 2 Years Over Age Fraud As CAB Flags 62 Cricketers
Kolkata: The BCCI has imposed a two-year ban on Bengal leg-spinner Rohit Yadav for allegedly misrepresenting his age, weeks after he was selected in India's Under-19 squad for the upcoming series against Australia. Rohit, who is originally from Uttar Pradesh, had represented India during the Under-19 team's tour of Sri Lanka in July, taking six wickets and helping the side win the final Test.…
Bengal leg-spinner Rohit Yadav has been banned for two years by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) due to age fraud allegations. The ban comes after Yadav was selected for India's Under-19 squad for the upcoming series against Australia. Initially representing India during the Under-19 team's tour of Sri Lanka in July, Yadav took six wickets and helped India win the final Test.
He has been barred from participating in domestic cricket for the two-year period, as informed by a BCCI source. The age discrepancy was discovered when Yadav's documents were scrutinised in Sri Lanka, revealing three birth certificates with different years of birth - 2007, 2009, and 2010. Additionally, discrepancies were found in his Aadhaar records.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (CAB) had previously kept Yadav out of its junior teams due to these discrepancies and subsequently informed the BCCI. The CAB has now declared 62 cricketers ineligible for registration or transfer for any tournament in the 2026-27 and 2027-28 seasons due to documentation and age-related inconsistencies.
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