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[^1]\n\nRohit Yadav, originally from Uttar Pradesh, represented India during the Under-19 team's tour of Sri Lanka in July 2026, taking six wickets and helping the side win the final Test. [^2]\n\nThe age discrepancy came to light when Rohit Yadav's documents were scrutinised in Sri Lanka; he has three birth certificates carrying different years of birth - 2007, 2009, and 2010 - making him ineligible to play in age-group cricket. [^3]\n\nThe Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) had earlier kept Rohit Yadav out of its junior teams over the discrepancies and subsequently informed the BCCI, which then barred him from participating in domestic cricket for two years and informed all affiliated State associations. [^4]\n\nESPNcricinfo reported that as many as 64 age fraud cases have come to the Cricket Association of Bengal's attention. [^5]\n\nThe age discrepancy in Rohit Yadav's case was discovered during the Cricket Association of Bengal's documentation collection. 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