CAB Pledges Strict Age Verification Protocols Following Two-year Ban For Rohit Yadav

CAB Tightens Age Checks After Rohit Yadav's 2-Yr Ban

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has reaffirmed its commitment to strict age verification protocols after legspinner Rohit Yadav was handed a two-year ban for documentation irregularities.

Yadav was pulled from the India U19 squad for the upcoming red-ball & white-ball series vs Australia (Rajkot & Ahmedabad later this month) after internal audits flagged inconsistencies in his age records. A replacement has been named but not disclosed.

The specifics: CAB uncovered multiple conflicting records — three separate birth certificates listing 2006, 2007, and 2009, with Aadhaar updates ranging 2014–2021. This created an official age discrepancy of 27 months. He'd earlier picked up six wickets in the Youth Test during Sri Lanka's July tour.

CAB chief Koley confirmed the board is pushing for digital birth certificates and full update-history checks for all underage players — a policy that's already surfaced discrepancies in several others. "Zero-tolerance" is the BCCI's stance on age fraud in junior cricket.

Worth noting: official CAB records show Ravi with a 45-month discrepancy (invalidating all agegroup appearances from 2021/22–2025/26), and left-arm spin all-rounder Vishal Bhatti (3 FC, 2 List A for Bengal) has also been flagged.

Source: IANS

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