India’s head coach Ravi Shastri said that the young cricketers in the country to be taught about the things like banned substances like drugs, dope tests etc. Moreover, he thought they need to learn how to handle the media as well at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore.

Last year the talented youngster Prithvi Shaw faced a ban for eight months from competitive cricket because of his failing dope test during the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament. The Mumbai opener has returned after a small break due to an injury which he got in a Ranji Trophy game. However, he is doing pretty well with the bat for India A and he is set to join the Indian team for the ODI series against New Zealand, replacing injured Shikhar Dhawan.
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“I am all for that happening in the National Cricket Academy (NCA) with Rahul Dravid in charge. It is also is a requirement because in this day and age with all these dope tests and everything happening, awareness has to be created as to where you can go wrong, or where you should be very particular,” Ravi Shastri told Sportstar.
“Just like you do it with the anti-corruption unit. Similarly, even in this you have to be very careful because today when you’re not part of the team, suppose you fall sick and you take a medication, say for example, a cough syrup that has a banned substance in that could keep you out of the game for a year or two. So you know, that kind of education at a young age will be very helpful and it should come from the NCA,” Ravi Shastri shared.
“NCA could be the best place to start off when it comes to, you know, handling the media, handling finances because at a very young age, they’re exposed to money like no generation of cricket was ever exposed to. It can make your head reel very quickly,” Ravi Shastri added.