BCCI Starts 24x7 Helpline To Report Age Fraud

In an effort to curb the age-fraud menace, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has started a 24×7 helpline. In the last couple of years or so, the Indian authorities had to deal with a number of age-fraud cases. In the most high-profile cases, Mumbai Indians’ starlet Rasikh Salam was also found guilty of age-fudging.

Later the BCCI handed the Jammu and Kashmir youngster a two-year ban. Manjot Kalra, who struck a match-winning century in the Under-19 World Cup final last year, had also landed in hot water for the same reason. In 2017, he was cleared by the BCCI but was hauled up by the Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) after disgruntled parents of fellow Under-19 cricketers in Delhi alleged that Kalra had provided false information.

Way back in 2011, Ankit Bawne was removed from the India Under-19 squad after the date of birth in his passport didn’t match the one in his birth certificate and the BCCI’s records. Delhi and Kolkata Knight Riders star Nitish Rana had also faced age-fudging accusations.

The BCCI is now taking all sorts of steps to put an end to the woes of age-fudging. It has started a helpline for all players, support staff, administrators or other individuals with any affiliation to the teams that come under the board’s jurisdiction.

The board’s anti-corruption committee has been actively spreading awareness in the cricketing fraternity of late to counter any sort of malpractice or corruption. The BCCI has decided to put up the helpline numbers in dressing rooms across the country during the Indian domestic season in 2019-20. The board has also guaranteed anonymity to the individual reporting anything.

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