U-16 Player With "Full Grown Beard": Ex-India Opener's Funny Tale Highlights Age-Fudging In Cricket

Age fraud is a problem that has plagued cricket for many years and it is extremely prevalent even today when it comes to age-group cricket on the domestic circuit. In recent times, multiple cases have emerged which showed clear age fudging among players and former Indian cricket team opener Aakash Chopra took to social media to share an interesting anecdote from his young days. He was commenting about a recent case where a cricketer from Maharashtra was punished due to a similar offence.

“Minor adjustment, it seems I remember playing U-16 in a Delhi v Punjab game where one guy in the opposition had a full grown beard…and was a couple of years younger to me on paper (I was 15…he was 13) He said…hamare family mein beard thodi jaldi aa jati hai, (Facial hair grows very early in our family),"Chopra wrote on Twitter.

Minor adjustment, it seems I remember playing U-16 in a Delhi v Punjab game where one guy in the opposition had a full grown beard…and was a couple of years younger to me on paper (I was 15…he was 13)