The Hyderabad Cricket Association has banned two cricketers, Mohammad Babillail and Shashank Mehrotra for five years for allegedly submitting fraudulent documents in an attempt to play for Hyderabad.
Chief Executive Officer of HCA, Suneel Kante, asked the police to inquire into the practice of players forging age and domicile documents in order to clamp down on a repeat of such instances.
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“In the enquiry, these two players were found to be guilty and one of them was originally selected for Hyderabad under-19 and the other one for Hyderabad under-23 teams. Subsequently, on finding the truth, we have excluded them from the respective teams,” he said.
He warned those involved in the cricketing system to steer clear of any such practices and conveyed that he hoped to not have to encounter such situations all over again going forward.
“We want to convey a stern message to everyone – the coaches, the support staff, the clubs and all officials – not to resort to these sorts of things. We hope we will not witness these instances again,” he said.
The first-of-its-kind move is expected to set a precedent and serve as a reference to scenarios of the same ilk if they were to pop up in the future.
“This has to be a precedent and we hope those who come to power after the HCA elections on October 20 will also take similar measures,” said the top HCA official.
Kante, who has another three years of a five-year tenure in the capacity of the CEO remaining, also shared that the HCA would be distributing about 2,000 tickets to the students of the Tribal Welfare and the Minority Welfare schools for ICC ODI World Cup games.
New Zealand take on The Netherlands on the 9th of October and Pakistan face off against the Sri Lankan Lions on the 10th of October at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Uppal.
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