Vengsarkar praises BCCI's move to battle overage menace, domicile fraud

Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar has appreciated BCCIs fresh attempt to tackle the overage menace and domicile fraudsThe Board introduced the Voluntary Disclosure Scheme where players who voluntarily declare that they have manipulated their date of birth by submitting faketampered documents in the past will not be suspended and allowed to participate in the appropriate age group level if they disclose their actual date of birth The last date to do so is September 15If registered players do not disclose the facts and are found to have submitted faketampered date of birth documents to the BCCI they will be banned for two years and will not be allowed to participate in agegroup tournaments of the BCCI and its state units The same applies to players registering for the first time and commit domicile fraudsDilip VengsarkarBone test not authenticPlayers should be given one chance because the bone test is not 100 per cent authentic Vengsarkar told midday on Monday However the former national chief selector stressed on the need to educate parents in the first placeYou will have to educate parents especially from the Northern part of India The lure of recognition forces them to manipulate documents So their son who is actually 16 goes hammer and tongs in the U14 category I always provide the example of Sachin Tendulkar to parents He played against bigger boys and still got many runs Thats why he was so successful said Vengsarkar 64 a veteran of 116 Tests and 129 ODIsDinesh Lad the first coach of India players Rohit Sharma and Shardul Thakur wants the BCCI and state associations to have zerotolerance towards age frauds It is highly unlikely that any player would come forward and voluntary accept his fault and provide his real date of birth There should be strict action on players who are producing fake age proof and such players should be banned from playing at any age group tournaments till the U23 level said Lad who guided the Mumbai U16 team to victory in the Vijay Merchant Trophy last seasonVengsarkar blamed the school coaches for the rise in overage cases They are responsible for this They just want to win titles at any cost and encourage players to manipulate their age he saidLad felt parents are overly keen to see their child represent the state at an early age Yet around 50 per cent boys from some schools are fudging their age by providing false documents said Lad who coached Swami Vivekanand International School in BorivliNafees Khan the coach of Al Barkaat MMI School Kurla who are defending champions of the Harris Shield U16 and Giles Shield U14 runnersup said the Mumbai Cricket Association MCA is quite serious in curbing agefudgingAlso ReadBCCIs SOPs to state units on training resumption Players must sign consent form 60plus barredAl Barkaat coach pleasedThe MCA has been quite strict about it for the last few years and we are getting good results But if boys from other state teams are agefudging it affects Mumbais performance So there should be strict action against such players said NafeesCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereAlso download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news