Manjot Kalra (born 15 January 1999) is a former Indian

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er who played for India U-19 team. He scored a match-winning hundred, and was man-of-the-match in the final of

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. In the 2018 Indian Premier League auction, he was bought by the Delhi Daredevils, though he did not play any games for them and was released by the then Delhi Capitals ahead of the 2020 IPL auction.

Career

He made his

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debut for

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in the

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on 10 March 2019. In June 2019, a special Investigations unit of the

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filed charges against Kalra's parents, alleging that they had falsely claimed that he had been born in 1999 to allow him to compete in junior cricket when he was over the age limit. In January 2020, he was given a one-year suspension from playing in the

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due to age fraud. However, a few weeks later the Delhi & District Cricket Association under a new ombudsman overturned the decision clearing him to play. He made his

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debut on 7 March 2021, for Delhi in the

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References

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