The BCCI has banned Jammu & Kashmir pacer Rasikh Salam him for two years for submitting a faulty birth certificate. Salam was also withdrawn from the India Under-19 squad on Wednesday. The BCCI named Prabhat Maurya as his replacement in the squad for an ODI tri-series, to be held in England from July 21.
“Rasikh Salam has been banned by the BCCI for two years following a discrepancy submission of faulty birth certificate to BCCI,” BCCI said in a release.
He became only second cricketer from J&K to play in IPL when he featured in a match against Delhi Capitals, becoming the youngest cricketer, aged 17, to play for MI.
The revised U19 squad:
Priyam Garg (C), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Thakur Tilak Verma, Divyansh Saxena, Shaswat Rawat, Dhruv Chand Jurel (WK), Shubhang Hegde, Ravi Bishnoi, Vidyadhar Patil, Sushant Mishra, Prabhat Maurya, Sameer Rizvi, Pragnesh Kanpillewar, Kamran Iqbal, Priyesh Patel (WK), Karan Lal, Purnank Tyagi, Anshul Khamboj.
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