JAMMU:A cricket player from Jammu and Kashmir was banned on Saturday by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), purportedly for submitting multiple birth certificates. In a press release released on Saturday, the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) said that Bishnah, Jammu resident and cricketer Vanshaj Sharma has been banned by the BCCI for submitting several birth certificates with different dates of birth. According to a release from Brig Anil Gupta Member Administration JKCA, “For this act, he has been banned from participating in all BCCI tournaments for a period of two years from October 27.” Brig Gupta announced that the player would not be permitted to play in any age group BCCI competitions after serving a two-year ban and would only be eligible to compete in the Senior Men’s Tournament run by the BCCl.The JKCA official went on to say that Vanshaj Sharma moved to another state in this particular circumstance and applied there to join the Bihar U-23 Men’s squad. Brig Gupta clarified, however, that even though he had switched associations, he was still detected for presenting duplicate birth certificates because his data was accessible with the BCCI since he was initially registered by the JKCA in 2021–2022. “As a consequence of which he has been banned from participating in any tournament for two years and from participating in age group tournaments for the entire life,” the handout stated.
