In India, numerous young players aspire to become famous cricketers. However, in some instances, a few players attempt to cheat by providing false ages to play in age-group tournaments. This issue, referred to as age fraud, has been very prevalent. To prevent this, the BCCI has taken strict action and banned numerous players in the past. Following are six Indian cricketers who were banned for age fraud. Indian Cricketers Who Were Banned by BCCI Over Age Fraud Nitish Rana Nitish Rana, who currently represents Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2025 and has also represented India in two T20Is and one ODI, was previously banned for age fraud. The BCCI banned 22 Delhi players in 2015 for providing false birth dates in order to play in junior events. Nitish was among them and was prevented from participating in age-group cricket. Also Read | Vijender Singh Hints at Age Fraud After Vaibhav's IPL Heroics Rasikh Salam Rasikh Salam, an emerging bowler from Jammu and Kashmir, was signed by Mumbai Indians during IPL 2019. He got just a single outing during that campaign but left most of the cricket fans stunned with his accurate bowling. Few months later in 2019, the BCCI found some discrepancy in his age papers and suspended him for two years. In 2022, he got back on to the pitch and currently he is with RCB during IPL 2025. Manjot Kalra Manjot Kalra, who smashed an unbeaten ton in the final of 2018 U-19 World Cup win is one of such players who was banned for age fraud. In 2020, the BCCI suspended him for two years from junior cricket on charges of age fraud. He also couldn't play the Ranji Trophy for a year. Although he was part of Delhi Capitals' team in IPL 2018, he never played a match. Ankeet Bawne Ankeet Bawne was removed from India's U-19 squad in 2011 since his documents contained two different dates of birth. On his passport, the birthdate that was mentioned was September 1, 1992, while the documents that were with the BCCI had birthdate as December 17, 1992. Because of this inconsistency, he was taken off the team. Also Read | Explained: Why Vaibhav Suryavanshi Can't Play T20 WC 2026 Prince Yadav Prince Ram Niwas Yadav from Delhi was banned by the BCCI in December 2019. He claimed he was born in 2001, but BCCI found that he had cleared his Class 10 exam in 2012, proving he was actually born in 1996. Following this, he was banned from all domestic cricket for two years. Currently, Prince is a part of Lucknow Super Giants franchise in IPL 2025. Shivam Mavi In 2020, Indian bowler Shivam Mavi was also charged with age fraud. The Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association requested the BCCI to probe the issue. Although Mavi was not suspended, the case put on hold the practice of dealing with such cases and whether the rules are uniformly applied across all the players or not.