Overview

• A senior DDCA official allegedly pressured selectors to list a non-wicketkeeper as the U19 squad’s backup keeper, according to internal complaints and media reports.
• DDCA President Rohan Jaitley ordered the player’s removal and approved a specialist replacement, with the corrected squad departing for Ranchi for the Vinoo Mankad Trophy starting October 9.
• Insiders contend the selectors were not at fault, asserting external pressure led to the irregular inclusion.
• Reports say Secretary Ashok Sharma and Joint Secretary Amit Grover attended the U19 selection meeting, defying a Lokpal interim order issued on September 22, 2023 that bars office-bearers from such meetings.
• Two more changes were made to the squad, with one player dropped over document discrepancies and another omitted for undisclosed reasons.