Age fraud: CAB bans U-13 player for two years, academy for a year

The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) has handed a two-year ban to Under 13 player Nitesh Chowdhury and one year suspension to Abdul Masood Cricket Academy in Kolkata for being involved in an incident related to age fraud.

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The CAB cricket and sub-junior committee imposed the two-year ban on Nitesh, while the academy was handed down a one-year ban with immediate effect starting from September 14 2019, a CAB statement said.

The age fraud incident was revealed during the knockout stage of the CAB sub-junior U-13 tournament.

According to the statement, the meeting was chaired by CAB Vice-President Samar Paul, who is also the chairman of the cricket sub committee, and strict action taken to make sure no such incident affects the quality of cricket in future.