After the Santosh Trophy, the Under-14 boys’ cricket team for the 69th National School Games is the latest to be hit by allegations of regional bias, with accusations that the numbers were skewed against Jammu prompting the UT administration to initiate an inquiry into the team selection. The 69th National School Games for the 2025-26 season are being held at Rajasthan’s Sikar from January 19 to 23. Some parents alleged irregularities and skewed representation for Jammu in the trials, claiming that in some cases overage boys qualified for the tournament. This has prompted J&K Director General Youth Services and Sports Anuradha Gupta to constitute a five-member committee headed by Pankaj Sasan, a physical education lecturer and former national player. The panel, which will also include Mukesh Sharma, another national player, and three former domestic cricket players — Jagtar Singh, Arshad Bhat and Paramjeet Singh — will scrutinise score sheets from the inter-district matches that acted as qualifiers for the games. Of the committee members, Sasan, Sharma and Jagtar Singh are from Jammu. “The committee shall …