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The Mumbai Cricket Association

(MCA) has said its decision to impose a three-year ban on

Mumbai Under-16 captain Musheer Khan for indulging in an

obscene behaviour would act as a deterrent for other players.

Musheer Khan invited the ban after his team-mates had

complained to the Mumbai cricket body that he had indulged in

an "obscene behaviour" on the sidelines of Vijay Merchant

quarter-final game in Andhra Pradesh in December.

Musheer Khan is the younger brother of Sarfaraz Khan,

who has represented India in U-19 team and also played for the

Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League.

"The ban handed over to Musheer would act as a

deterrent for other players, who would think multiple times

before indulging in any such actions," a senior MCA official

told PTI Friday.

According to the official, following the ban, the

junior Khan cannot play for any team in Mumbai till 2022.

Meanwhile, welcoming the action against the Mumbai U-

16 skipper, the secretary of a well-known club affiliated to

the MCA said the cricket body was right in taking such a step.

"I feel the MCA for the first-time has set a right

precedent. Such a precedent was required or else anyone will

go scot-free with anything.

"What the Under-16 captain has done, now nobody will

try to do the same thing (in the future)," said the secretary

of the South Mumbai-based club who did not wish to be named.

A former Mumbai and India speedster said decorum is

needed when one plays for a team like Mumbai.

"Not only the players of his age group, but even the

Ranji Trophy players would think before indulging in any such

act now," the pacer, who is on a committee of the MCA, said on

condition of anonymity.