Olympian Dr Vece Paes’s contribution to sport is not just restricted to hockey. BCCI’s veteran cricket administrator Prof Ratnakar Shetty explained that Dr Paes played a huge role in helping Indian cricket overcome its age-fudging quandary when he introduced the TW3 (Tanner Whitehouse 3) test and keenly took interest in educating cricketers about the same.  

Dr Paes, 80, a member of the Indian hockey team that won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, passed away in Kolkata on Thursday. He was the father of Olympic bronze medal-winning tennis legend Leander Paes. 

Streamlined age checks

“Dr Paes’s contribution to Indian cricket is huge. He streamlined the sport’s age verification programme and also set up a complete anti-doping system,” Prof Ratnakar Shetty, BCCI’s former Chief Administrative Officer, told mid-day on Thursday.