DG YSS orders fresh trial for selection of Cricket U-14 boys

Key Highlights

• The technical committee included Satika Sharma, Payal Choudhary and Naina while the Umpires included Satpaul Singh, Opinder Pal Singh, Vickram Dogra, Venus Partap Singh and Rajinder Sharma and Suresh Singh, Coach.
• It is pertinent to mention here that the Inter-District UT Level competition for Cricket (Under-14 Boys) was held at District Budgam from 3rd to 8th November, 2025 and a complaint was received regarding an allegedly overaged player from District Bandipora after which a probe yielded that the age of players were around 14.
• However, with the conclusion of the UT level competitions at District Budgam, a team comprising 16 players and 7 standby players was selected by the selection committee.
• The selection list was thereafter submitted by the Joint Director, Youth Services and Sports, Kashmir to the Directorate for review and further necessary action and before the selection list could be accepted by the Sports Directorate and the registrations be done on the SGFI portal, some social media post on 4th of January 2026claimed unfair selections and regional bias.
• After this, the DG YSS constituted a Committee to probe this and submit report by 5th of January, 2026.