Reports | MCA recommended to take up responsibility of bone test themselves to counter age-fudging
The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) has been asked to take up the responsibility of conducting the TW3 test (bone test) at the U-14 level, by its acting secretary Dr Unmesh Khanvilkar. Recently, five Mumbai U-16 cricketers were found to be over-age through test conducted by the BCCI.
For the last few years, the MCA has tried to overcome the issue of age-fudging among young cricketers. Dr. Khanvilkar has reached out to the teenage players, coaches, and even parents to refrain from any fudging practices. However, it seems those words seemed to have had no effect. The five U-16 cricketers who were found guilty of the practice were made ineligible to play for the state team in that age category. These very cricketers had represented Mumbai U-14 last year, when they shouldn't have.
Keeping this in mind, Dr. Khanvilkar has now directed his words towards the MCA itself. He wants the state association themselves to being TW3 test for U-14 cricketers. So far, the responsibility has been taken up the BCCI only.Â
"Instead of relying on other bodies, I feel it is better that MCA itself starts conducting TW3 tests for its U-14 players. This will solve the age-fudging issue 100%," Khanvilkar told mid-day on Wednesday.
Nadim Memon, a former member of the MCA’s managing committee, and currently Mumbai Schools Sports Association's cricket secretary, echoed Khanvilkar's view.Â
"If MCA does the TW3 tests on the U-14 players selected to represent Mumbai, we can avoid the embarrassing situation that occurred recently," Memon said.