The Board of Control for Cricket in India on November 27, 2018 declared that a cricketer liable of age extortion will be banned from the majority of its unmistakable competitions for a time of two years.
The cricketing body said in an announcement, "The BCCI has a zero-resistance arrangement for game and has made strict move against the cricketers discovered liable of their date of birth endorsements while the BCCI competition for enlistment."
Key Highlights
The BCCI articulation handed-off that from 2018-19 season, any cricketer who has been discovered blameworthy of altering his or her date of birth will be precluded and banished from taking part in any BCCI competition for a time of 2 years for example 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons
Under the new principles, the board will be cinch down on cricketers discovered blameworthy of messing with their date of birth authentications
As indicated by the past standards, a cricketer has been liable of age misrepresentation for a year.
In September 2018, the BCCI had prohibited a Meghalaya-bound Delhi player, Jaskirat Singh Sachdeva, for delivering a phony birth declaration to play in an Under-19 competition.
Foundation
The issue of age extortion has existed for quite a while and it isn't just restricted to the Indian group or the game of cricket.
In India, it is uncommonly a perpetual issue in junior cricket or the Under-19 group.
In his MAK Pataudi address in 2015, previous India chief and India A mentor Rahul Dravid has recognized age-fudging as a noteworthy issue in Indian cricket and respected BCCI's choice that just a single time U-19 World Cup in a player's opposition.
