With a Mumbai U-16 player being recently handed a three-year ban for obscene behaviour, the MCA's Cricket Improvement Committee's senior member Raju Kulkarni feels counselling sessions will help teenage cricketers. The former India pacer also said that parents play a major role in shaping their child's behaviour.

"Counselling is going to play a very major role in improving cricketers' behaviour. But before that, parents also need to tell their kids to stay away from distractions if they want to succeed," Kulkarni told mid-day yesterday on the sidelines of the 125th Giles Shield final at the Wankhede Stadium where he was invited to toss the coin.