Rohit Yadav and Ravi Kuma are among the cricketers banned for age fraud | Image Courtesy - SLC/ICC | AI GENERATED GRAPHIC Rohit has been picked in the Indian U-19 team for both the multi-day and 50-over series against the Australia U-19 team at home, which starts from 18th September, with Rajkot and Ahmedabad set to host the three Youth ODIs and two Youth Tests. Rohit is a leg-spinner and also travelled to Sri Lanka with the squad, where he made his debut for the Indian U-19 team in both formats. He played two Youth ODIs and took one wicket. Later, he played one Youth Test and took six wickets, which included a match-winning four-wicket haul in the second innings. As per a report by the Press Trust of India (PTI), it was during the tour of Sri Lanka, where discrepancies were found during the document verification. The published information states that he had three different birth certificates with three different year of births (YOB) - 2006, 2007, and 2010. Meanwhile, his Aadhar records also did not match. His year of birth while registering with CAB was 2007. However, his Aadhar record his YOB as 2006 during updates in 2017 and 2020 but was updated to 2009 in 2021. Rohit is part of a long list of 62 players who have been prohibited from registering or playing any tournament in the upcoming two seasons (2026-27, 2027-28). The most notable name in the list is Ravi Kumar, who was a key part of the Indian U-19 team which won the 2022 U-19 World Cup under Yash Dhull's leadership in the West Indies. In fact, he had taken a four-wicket haul in the final against England. Overall, he took 10 wickets in the tournament. The left-arm pacer has also played five T20 matches for the Bengal senior team in the Syed Mustaq Ali Trophy (SMAT). The same report states there was an age discrepancy of 45 months found by CAB in Ravi's case. Aayush Kataria is a Senior Copy Editor at Times Network with four years of experience, having started his career in the organisation. He is a key memb... View More