New Delhi: BCCI introduced another bone test on the junior level to ensure that young crickets in the season would not be missing due to the “+1 factor”, which is currently applied in the calculation of competence, often disqualifying players.Depending on the existing procedure, the cricket age is determined by the TW3 method (used to assess the age of the bones) and the result is added to the “+1” project for the next season in the same age group.With the updated rule, players in the category of boys up to 16 years will now be allowed to undergo a second bone test in the next season if the “+1” factor is eligible in the previous one.“It is happening to have the exact age and assure that no player is losing more because of an arithmetic calculation than a scientific calculation,” said BCCi PTI.At present, the boundary of the age of 16.5 years is for boys U-16 and 15 years for girls U-15.“This means that the bone age of the player must be 16.4 or less in the following season for male crickets and 14.9 or less in the case of women for participation,” the source said.To further illustrate the new policy, if the U-16 bone test in the season 2025-26 15.4 years, will not be tested again next season. Instead, it will be added arithmetic for one year, increasing its bone age to 16.4 for the 2026-27 season, which maintains it capable of competing.Conversely, if the gaming bone age is 15.5 or more, the addition of one year is 16.5 or higher, exceeding the threshold of 16.4 and deciding from the U-16 tournament.
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“It is possible that this arithmetic calculation does not reflect exactly the actual age of the player, which could cause it to lose in the year of capacity,” the source added.For girls from U-15, if the bone test shows that the player is 13.9 years old this season, he will qualify for the next season with the age of 14.9.However, if he is testing this season at the age of 14 and over, he can now participate, but not the following year, due to the age ceiling of 14.9.
