Six-yr ban for Bihar’s Raja

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The Bihar Cricket Association (BCA) has expelled cricketer Lakhan Raja for six years for indulging in anti-association activities along with his father Aditya Prakash Verma on the eve of the Bihar v Mumbai Ranji Trophy match.

A separate team, not authorised by the BCA, was announced by former BCA secretary Amit Kumar for the Ranji Trophy match against Mumbai on January 5. In the aftermath of the incident, all the players and support staff involved with the second list of players not authorised by BCA, were served a show cause notice to provide reasons for their involvement in the illegal / anti-association activities.

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"In the light of the decision of the members of the BCA management committee, Lakhan Raja has been indulging in indiscipline and anti-association activities along with his father Aditya Prakash Verma from the past till the recent developments and despite the notification published on the BCA website on 4 January 2024, is expelled from the BCA for six years due to his involvement in the incident that occurred at the Moin ul Haq stadium on 5 January 2024," BCA said in a statement.

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