The Mumbai Schools Sports Association's (MSSA) new rule of having players register with the city's parent body of cricket — the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) — if they want to be eligible to play in the Giles Shield and Harris Shield inter-school tournaments has left budding cricketers in a fix.


Dejected players of OLPS are seen in their tent after the Harris Shield match was called off yesterday at the Azad Maidan. Pic/Atul Kamble 

Yesterday, three teams — Thakur Shyamnarayan (Kandivali), Smt M D Bhatia (Ghatkopar) and OLPS (Chembur) were stopped from playing their second round matches, as their players did not have MCA registration cards.