Revised India U19 squads announced for Australia series after Rohit Yadav’s withdrawal due to age fraud

Rohit Yadav was part of India U19 team that was to play against Australia U19 at home.

The revised India U19 teams for the forthcoming ODI and multi-day series against Australia were revealed on Tuesday by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The team revision happened after Rohit Yadav was removed from both lineups owing to age fraud.  

India U19 team will play Australia A in three one-day matches and two multi-day games starting on September 18. The first multi-day match and three one-day matches will take place in Rajkot, while the second multi-day match will take place in Ahmedabad.

Tanmay Baloda of the Haryana Cricket Association was added to the Multi-Day squad, and Aryan Savsani of the Saurashtra Cricket Association was picked by the BCCI Junior Cricket Committee to replace Rohit Yadav in the India U19 One-Day team.

“Rohit, who was named in India’s U19 squads for the upcoming fixtures against Australia U19 at Rajkot and Ahmedabad, has been withdrawn from the squad due to age discrepancies,” the BCCI said in an official release.  

This came after Sportstar revealed that Rohit Yadav, who plays for Bengal in domestic cricket, was banned for two years for discrepancies in his age, and only a few months had passed since he joined the U19 national team. The ban was not mentioned in the BCCI release, though.

Rohit was selected for the forthcoming series against Australia after previously traveling to Sri Lanka with the India U19 team. Rohit, a leg-spinner, was selected for the match against Australia after taking six wickets in the Youth Test against Sri Lanka U-19.

Sportstar discovered inconsistencies in his Aadhaar information during an age-verification process.

His date of birth had changed several times throughout the years, according to records. According to the same source, Rohit's birthdate was listed as July 7, 2007, when he registered with the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) in 2014. His year of birth was later changed to 2006 in a 2017 Aadhaar update, and it remained 2006 in a 2020 update.

Updated India U19 squad for One-Day matches:

Lakshya Raichandani (C), Yashbardhan Chauhan (VC), Rajat Baghel (WK), Aaryavir Sehwag, V.K. Vineet, Kushagra Ojha, Arjun Rajput, Manal Chauhan, Anvay Dravid (WK), V. Yashveer, Shavin Vinodh, Mohit Ulva, Chigurupati Venkata, Kavya Patel, Aryan Savsani

Updated India U19 squad for Multi-Day fixtures:

Yashbardhan Chauhan (C), Lakshya Raichandani (VC), Sagar Virk, Kushagra Ojha, Manal Chauhan, Kush Patel, Manav Krishna (WK), Abhipray Biswas (WK), Ishan Om, Ayaan Akram, Pranav Ragavendra, Priyanshu Singh, Mohit Ulva, Aryan Yadav, Tanmay Baloda

(BCCI inputs)