New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has come to an agreement with the International Cricket Council (ICC) regarding the dope testing of Indian players with the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). The reason behind BCCI's acceptance of NADA is to avoid being derecognized by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
However, if reports are to be believed then the Indian cricket board has also some reservation regarding their agreement and a draft of the same has been sent to the ICC.
According to a report in a leading newspaper, BCCI is not ready to give completed control to NADA.
"The BCCI felt that it should be made clear that the arrangement contained in the agreement would be for a six-month trial basis. The sample collection would be undertaken by doping control officers and chaperones who are IDTM (a private sample collection agency hired by BCCI). The board also believes such collection would be done only in the presence of BCCI's anti-doping managers and the BCCI will decide during which matches this testing can be undertaken," a top BCCI official told a leading Indian newspaper.
The six months based trial programme of NADA with BCCI will begin in October when India's domestic season starts.
"NADA will go by its regulations. It will start collecting samples once the domestic season starts. If the BCCI tries to object to the standard procedure, then NADA will be forced to submit a negative report to Wada," a top NADA official told a leading news daily.
