On a day when the legendary Sachin Tendulkar spoke about dealing with age fudging with utmost seriousness when he met the new Apex Council of the Mumbai Cricket Association, three cricketers from its U-16 team were ordered to return home just before Mumbai were to take on Gujarat in Valsad in the Vijay Merchant Trophy on Thursday.

It has emerged that an administrative lapse from the MCA could have led to this embarrassment. The BCCI match officials pointed out that these three cricketers cannot play in the U-16 category this season because as per their bone test [conducted last season] they are now eligible for the U-19 category.