The Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI) has launched a further bone check on the junior degree to make sure that no cricketer misses out on an additional season as a result of present ‘+1 issue’ utilized throughout age verification, which has typically rendered gamers ineligible by the narrowest of margins.
In keeping with present norms, a participant’s age is decided utilizing the TW3 technique and a ‘+1 issue’ is added to evaluate eligibility for the upcoming season in the identical age group.
However, with the revised rule, boys within the Below-16 class will now have the chance to bear a second bone check within the following season. It will enable them to re-establish their eligibility for a similar age group in the event that they have been dominated out the earlier 12 months as a result of +1 issue.
“It’s being performed to have an actual age and guarantee that no participant loses as a consequence of arithmetical calculation somewhat than scientific calculation,” a BCCI supply mentioned as quoted by The Financial Instances.
“Because of this the bone age of a participant must be 16.4 or under within the following season in male cricketers and 14.9 or under in case of females for participation,” the supply added.
As an illustration, if a male U-16 participant undergoes a bone check within the 2025–26 season and the end result reveals a bone age of 15.4 years, he wouldn’t be required to take one other bone check the next season. As a substitute, a +1 issue is robotically added to his bone age for eligibility functions.
Nevertheless, if a participant’s bone age is decided to be 15.5 years or larger, the addition of the +1 issue would elevate it to 16.5 years or extra which can render him ineligible for the U-16 event, as the ultimate cutoff is 16.4 years.
“It is potential that this arithmetical calculation doesn’t precisely replicate a participant’s precise age, which may trigger them to lose out on a 12 months of eligibility,” the supply mentioned.
Within the case of U-15 ladies, if a participant information a bone age of 13.9 years this season, she’s going to stay eligible to play in the identical class subsequent season, together with her bone age adjusted to 14.9 after making use of the +1 issue. Nevertheless, if she exams at 14.0 years or above this season, she might be eligible to play solely within the present season. The +1 issue would elevate her bone age to fifteen.0 or extra subsequent season, making her ineligible, because the cutoff is 14.9 years.
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