# BCCI gives junior selection panel new role to fight drugs, match-fixing 2026-08-24T10:12:09+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets The BCCI has added a new responsibility for its incoming Junior Cricket Committee: educating young cricketers about the dangers of drugs, betting and match-fixing. The new five-member panel, which will replace the existing committee, is expected to be appointed at the board's Annual General Meeting next month. The BCCI has invited applications with a September 5 deadline, and former cricketers who have played at least 25 first-class matches and retired five years ago are eligible. The board wants the committee to instil ethical values in players alongside its core job of selecting teams up to Under-22 level for domestic and international fixtures and coaching camps. Young players could interact with current and former international cricketers to understand the risks. An anonymous BCCI official told PTI that young players can be vulnerable to negative influences as money and fame grow even at the Under-19 level. The existing committee's final task is to select the Rest of India Under-23 squad for the Junior Irani Cup. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both sources report the BCCI initiative as a straightforward, proactive move. Neither carries a critical or political slant, the coverage is uniform neutral-report. Sports.ndtv.com leads with the BCCI's stated concern over money and fame as vulnerability factors, while news.abplive.com front-loads the procedural details such as the September 5 deadline and eligibility criteria. The combined coverage presents the move as a standard governance measure. The new committee's first practical test will be whether the awareness programmes reach players before the next age-group season begins. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - sports.ndtv.com (neutral report) Leads with BCCI's concern about money and fame, no independent critique. - news.abplive.com (neutral report) Front-loads procedural details and eligibility criteria, straight reporting. This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-25T06:28:30+00:00. Tags: BCCI, Junior Cricket Committee, U-19 cricket Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bcci-wants-selectors-to-warn-u-19-cricketers-against-drugs-fixing/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bcci-wants-selectors-to-warn-u-19-cricketers-against-drugs-fixing/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/