chandigarh fielding overage players is an ageold problem which continues to plague indian sports at different levels at the asian youth games in nanjing china 25 indian athletes were not allowed to participate for being above the stipulated age of 17 years back home the delhi hockey xi was scrapped from a nationallevel subjunior under14 hockey tournament the decision to scratch the team from delhi was done after a medical team constituted by the organizing committee found as many as 14 overage players in the side only three players of the squad met the age requirement for the tournament incredibly in an under14 meet most players from the delhi team were found to be above the age of 17 the menace of having overage players in a team is there but we have been very vigilant and strict about this for the past few years the teams before coming here know that every player will be checked by a team of three qualified doctors and their decision will be final and binding said y p vohra one of the organizers there are many teams in which a few players are overage as per our doctors and we asked the team management not to field them fourteen players are just too much we have left no room for negotiation on this the coach should take his team back as we will not allow an overage player to play y p vohra one of the organizers added the tournament organizers have asked the director general of the sports authority of india sai to conduct an inquiry and fix responsibility on the individuals responsible for lapses these incidents tarnish the image of the sport and one has to start from the grassroot level to stem the rot strict action needs to be taken to curb this menace vohra said delhi hockey xi was scheduled to take on haryana hockey xi but as the organizing committee decided to scratch the former from the event the haryana team was given a walkover