BCCI bans India Under-19 player Rohit Yadav for age fraud
Dubai: While India’s Under-19 squad has always been in the news for the good reasons, groundbreaking report related to one of the players has surfaced. Rohit Yadav, a leg-spinner who recently was part of India’s Under-19 tour of Sri Lanka in July, now faces a two year ban over age fraud. Yadav picked one wicket in two games while giving away 94 runs in the series. Now, months later, a pre-season…
BCCI has banned India Under-19 leg-spinner Rohit Yadav for two years due to age fraud, according to a pre-season documentation drive by Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). The 18-year-old was listed as an 18-year-old, which allowed him to join India's youth team. Yadav participated in India's Under-19 tour of Sri Lanka in July, picking up one wicket in two games while conceding 94 runs.
He has now been withdrawn from the upcoming tour against Australia U-19. CAB also banned 64 other players for age discrepancies. The BCCI has been strict about age fraud for a long time and proposed an amnesty scheme in 2020 for registered players to voluntarily reveal any discrepancies to avoid suspension. Ravi Kumar, a former India Under-19 World Cup winner, also faces the two-year ban for an age discrepancy of over 40 months.
Kumar played in the 2022 Under-19 World Cup final and his age group records until the 2025-26 season are deemed invalid.
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