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 […]

On Tuesday, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced that they will charge the Pakistan cricketer Ahmed Shehzad as was found positive for a banned substance. The issuance of the notice comes over two months after the test but Shehzad now has 14 days to respond. PCC’s social media post read: “Independent Review Board Report on doping case […]

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 […]

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has suspended Afghanistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Shahzad for one year after he found guilty in the dope test. He has not played any international match for his national side since January 2017. “The wicketkeeper-batsman had inadvertently ingested the prohibited substance, as a contaminant of a weight loss product he was taking, […]

BCCI has been in a situation of serious disagreement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) as they are supporting Indian cricketers for not submitting themselves to drug testing regimen. I can also put Indian cricket in a major crisis situation. WADA has asked ICC to direct the BCCI, to allow the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) to […]

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report of 2016 suggests that one of the Indian cricketers has tested positive for banned substances among the 153 BCCI accreditated cricketers. The cricketer will be the second after former India U-19 player Pradeep Sangwan to have tested positive. According to the 2016 Anti-Doping Testing Figures, 138 cricketers registered under BCCI […]