After Prithvi Shaw Doping Controversy, BCCI Finally Comes Under NADA Ambit
Now cricketers will be tested for drugs under NADA
After years of opposition, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has finally decided to come under the ambit of National Anti-Doping Agency.
AFP
After facing extreme criticism in the days that followed the ban of young Indian opener Prithvi Shaw over doping, Sports Ministry had shot a letter to the BCCI just before the ban on Shaw.
In the letter, the Sports Ministry had lambasted the doping regulations of the cricket board, and asked them to change their stance over not coming under the purview of NADA. As was the case, BCCI was the only sporting federation in the country that wasn't under the ambit of NADA.
After finally agreeing to Sports Ministry's demands, the BCCI has in the process become a National Sports Federation despite being financially autonomous.
The move comes after sports secretary Radheshyam Jhulaniya, who along with NADA DG Navin Agarwal met BCCI CEO Rahul Johri along with the Board's GM (Cricket Operations) Saba Karim on Friday, and said that the Board has given in writing that it would adhere to the anti-doping policy of NADA
It will now mean that cricketers will be tested under the regulations set by NADA.
