After IPL 2025 sensation Vaibhav Suryavanshi was accused of age-fraud recently, the BCCI has come up with stricter rules to punish age-fraud cases going forward.
The BCCI has planned to conduct an additional bone test at the junior level to catch the over-age players. The board came up with this decision to prevent further age fraud cases going forward.
Vaibhav was criticised about his age right after the IPL 2025 mega auction. The southpaw was said to be 15 while he enrolled himself as a 13-year-old when the auction happened last December. Rajasthan Royals picked him up for 1.1 crores in the mega auction.
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Vaibhav Can Again Undergo Any Test: Sanjay Suryavanshi
The boy from Bihar went onto to have his moment in the season as he slammed a century against Gujarat Titans, becoming the youngest player in the league to score a century.
Meanwhile, Vaibhav's father Sanjiv Suryavanshi, has responded to his recent criticism saying that Vaibhav has previously given a bone Test and will give it again if needed.
"When Vaibhav was 8 and a half years old, he first appeared for a BCCI bone test. He has already played India U-19. We don't fear anyone. He can again undergo an age test" Sanjiv told PTI.
The controversy regarding Vaibhav Suryavanshi surfaced online from a viral video clip where, is heard about saying his age. However, the origin of the video cannot be confirmed the BCCI is taking no chances of any mishaps of similar nature in the future.
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What Does BCCI's New Rule State
As per the existing rule by the BCCI, each player undergoes a bone test for age determination via the TW3 method and a 1 factor is added to determine his or her eligibility for the next season in the same age group. Now as per the new rules, the players at the U-16 level will have to undergo a bone test in the next season to decide the eligibility in case the 1 factor rules him out in the previous year.
"It is being done to have an exact age and make sure that no player loses due to arithmetical calculation rather than scientific calculation," a BCCI source told PTI.
"This means that the bone age of a player has to be 16.4 or below in the following season in male cricketers and 14.9 or below in case of females for participation," the source further added.
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