The ban on Rasikh Salam by BCCI has raised eyebrows over the clearance process and has put onus on Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association which is now planning to review and cross-check all the approved age certificates submitted by the cricketers.
Chief Executive Officer JKCA Syed Ashique Bukhari said thatJKCA is in touch with the BCCI and would review and cross-check all the agecertificates submitted by cricketers.
“We will set a panel which will review all the agecertificates of all cricketers in JKCA. We will review all certificates andclear the age fudging issue in the state cricket. Though we have been tryingour bit by verifying the certificates but we would put in place a mechanismthat won’t all such a mess in future,” he added.
As per the official notice issued by BCCI, Rasikh has beenbanned for two years from all forms of cricket and has already been removedfrom India Under-19 team that is scheduled to play in England.
“I was not in country for over a month and returnedrecently. We are in touch with BCCI on the issue and will try our best to pleadRasikh’s case,” Bukhari said.
After the culmination of IPL 2019, Rasikh was called forUnder-19 National camp and then was selected for India Under-19 team that isset to play in England. It was big moment for the young talent who is reckonedhighly and a first step towards achieving bigger goal of making it to TeamIndia in future. As soon as he got selected for the Under-19 India team someonecontacted BCCI informing them that Rasikh has submitted faulty certificatesthat mention his date of birth as 2000 while his actual is 2001.
Sources in JKCA said that BCCI soon acted on the complaintand contacted JKCA matching the documents with State cricket association withthat of provided by complainant.
“After matching them they found that actual certificatedoesn’t match with the certificate with JKCA. After further query it wasestablished that Rasikh has fudged the document hence guilty. Then they wereleft with no choice but to impose ban on cricketer as per set rules,” saidsource in JKCA.
Rasikh was not available for comment.