BCCI slaps 2-year ban on Rasikh Salam for age fraud; Prabhat Maurya replaces Jammu and Kashmir pacer in U-19 squad for England ODI tri-series
BCCI on Wednesday withdrew Jammu & Kashmir pacer Rasikh Salam from Indian U19 squad & banned him 2 years for submitting a faulty birth certificate.
The BCCI named Prabhat Maurya as his replacement in the squad for an ODI tri-series against England, to be held from 21 July.
“Rasikh Salam has been banned by BCCI for 2 years due to a discrepancy submitting a faulty birth certificate to BCCI,” BCCI said in a release.
Rasikh made his first-class debut for Jammu & Kashmir against Guwahati in December 2018 & also played for Mumbai in the 2019 IPL season.
Rasikh Salam has taken 7 wickets and scored 45 runs in two first-class games he has played.
Rasikh Salam became only second cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to play in IPL when he featured in a match against Delhi Capitals, becoming a youngest cricketer, aged 17, to play for MI.
Parvez Rasool was the first cricketer to play IPL. He had played for Pune Warriors and Sunrisers Hyderabad.
The updated U19 squad:
Priyam Garg (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Thakur Tilak Verma, Divyansh Saxena, Shaswat Rawat, Dhruv Chand Jurel (Wicket Keeper), Shubhang Hegde, Ravi Bishnoi, Vidyadhar Patil, Sushant Mishra, Prabhat Maurya, Sameer Rizvi, Pragnesh Kanpillewar, Kamran Iqbal, Priyesh Patel (Wicket Keeper), Karan Lal, Purnank Tyagi, Anshul Khamboj.
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