Rasikh Salam, the J&K pace bowler, has been banned for two years for age discrepancy. He was withdrawn from the India U-19 squad for the one-day tri-series to be held in England from July 21. He is being replaced by Prabhat Maurya.
“Rasikh has been banned by the BCCI for two years following a discrepancy—submission of faulty birth certificate,” BCCI said in a release. The 17-year-old played U-19, Ranji Trophy and limited-overs matches for J&K in the recent first-class season and was also picked by Mumbai Indians for ~20 lakh for the IPL.
The right-arm bowler has taken seven wickets and scored 45 runs in the two first-class games he has played. Former India pacer Irfan Pathan, who was mentoring J&K, had said that he saw shades of Bhuvneshwar Kumar in Salam.
“I am shocked by the news. He is such a talented player,” said J&K teammate Parvez Rasool.
