Recent data unveiled by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has shed light on the doping testing trends among Indian cricketers in the early months of this year. A notable revelation is that Indian cricket icons, captain Rohit Sharma and star batsman Virat Kohli, remained untested, while all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja emerged as the most frequently tested […]

Recent data has raised concerns over the lack of doping tests conducted on Indian athletes in 2021 and 2022, particularly in cricket. According to information obtained through the Right to Information (RTI) Act by The Indian Express, out of a total of 5,961 tests conducted in the mentioned years, only 114 tests were carried out […]

The recent reports have suggested that three high-ranking National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) officials, along with six veteran Dope Control Officers (DCOs), will be travelling to the UAE for collecting the samples of the players during this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, which is scheduked to commence on September 19. According to sources of PTI […]

Five centrally contracted Indian cricketers including Cheteshwar Pujara, Ravindra Jadeja, and KL Rahul have received been issued notices by National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for failing to disclose their whereabouts. However, BCCI has reported that the delay has happened due to a “password glitch”. The other players to have received the notice include women stars Smriti […]

The CEO of International Cricket Council (ICC) Dave Richardson believes the present impasse between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) will be resolved soon. According to WADA’s revised ‘Code’ for signatories that came into effect in this April, BCCI has to comply with National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) […]

After the International Cricket Council (ICC) is in danger to be labelled as non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), due to the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) decision to not allow dope testing of their cricketers by the country’s National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), BCCI officials are divided into two opposite sides. […]

According to a Times of India report, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is in danger to be labelled as non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after the global crickets’ governing body has failed to convince the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to allow dope testing of their cricketers by the country’s […]

It seems BCCI has successfully managed to get away from government’s interception in the dope testing of Indian cricketers. The sports ministry has backed off from its efforts to bring the BCCI under the supervision of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). After the exchange of several letters between the ministry, BCCI and the NADA over […]

On Wednesday, BCCI had a discussion with Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore regarding the appeal of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for the testing of Indian cricketers and also sought the government’s view on playing arch-rivals Pakistan in the planned ICC Test Championship. NADA wants Indian cricketers to sign the whereabouts clause but the cricket […]

BCCI’s CEO Rahul Johri posted two letters to the Secretary of the Department of Sports — stating the fact that the BCCI is an autonomous body and it doesn’t come under the jurisdiction of NADA. The letter, read, “BCCI would like to assure you that it has a zero-tolerance approach to doping in the sport […]