Aryan Savsani, Tanmay Baloda to replace Rohit Yadav in India U19 squads

The BCCI has replaced Rohit Yadav in the India U19 squads for the upcoming series against Australia due to age discrepancies. Aryan Savsani and Tanmay Baloda have been selected as his replacements for the one-day and multi-day matches respectively.
Why it matters
This highlights the strict enforcement of age-verification protocols in professional youth sports to ensure fair competition.
Saurashtra’s Aryan Savsani and Haryana’s Tanmay Baloda were on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) named replacements for Rohit Yadav in U19 squads to face Australia in a multi-format series later this month.
Yadav, who was named in the India U19 squads to take on Australia in one-dayers and multi-day matches, was handed a two-year ban by the BCCI for allegedly misrepresenting his age.
The BCCI said Savsani and Baloda will replace Yadav in the one-day and multi-day Indian squads respectively.
“The Junior Cricket Committee has named Saurashtra Cricket Association’s Aryan Savsani as Rohit Yadav’s replacement in India U19’s One-Day squad, while Haryana Cricket Association’s Tanmay Baloda has been named as his replacement in the Multi-Day squad,” the BCCI informed.
“Rohit, who was named in India’s U19 squads for the upcoming fixtures against Australia U19 at Rajkot and Ahmedabad, has been withdrawn from the squad due to age discrepancies.”
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