Drug abuse has become one of the biggest threats to top-flight sport, and the BCCI doesn't want to lag behind when it comes to keeping its house clean. The high-profile Indian Premier League has come under the BCCI scanner over the past five years, as has the Champions League T20. The Indian cricket board is now taking the first steps to bring all domestic competitions under its dope control programme.
"We have started here with the Vijay Hazare Trophy, and will continue with the testing in at the Deodhar Trophy in Guwahati and at the (Syed Mushtaq Ali) T20 meet in Ranchi. We'll bring the Ranji Trophy into it from next season," said Dr Vece Paes, who was here to oversee the programme here. "Dope testing at all international matches in the country are conducted by the ICC, but this is a BCCI programme," he added. The samples collected here were sent to the national dope testing lab in New Delhi,and while Dr Paes pointed out that "the results of the tests cannot be divulged", the BCCI's silence can only suggest "all is well" with our cricketers.
On the whereabouts clause that world dope control agency WADA insists upon, the former Olympian hockey player said the BCCI stand was often misunderstood and misinterpreted. "There is ample opportunity to conduct unannounced tests on our players when they are in the cricket mode, which is 6-7 months in a year, but many of them are enveloped in tight security and it's not possible to test them when they are at home or on holiday," explained Dr Paes. "That's the BCCI stand and bodies like ICC understand that."
BCCI begins dope testing - Times Of India
"We have started here with the Vijay Hazare Trophy, and will continue with the testing in at the Deodhar Trophy in Guwahati and at the (Syed Mushtaq Ali) T20 meet in Ranchi. We'll bring the Ranji Trophy into it from next season," said Dr Vece Paes, who was here to oversee the programme here. "Dope testing at all international matches in the country are conducted by the ICC, but this is a BCCI programme," he added. The samples collected here were sent to the national dope testing lab in New Delhi,and while Dr Paes pointed out that "the results of the tests cannot be divulged", the BCCI's silence can only suggest "all is well" with our cricketers.
On the whereabouts clause that world dope control agency WADA insists upon, the former Olympian hockey player said the BCCI stand was often misunderstood and misinterpreted. "There is ample opportunity to conduct unannounced tests on our players when they are in the cricket mode, which is 6-7 months in a year, but many of them are enveloped in tight security and it's not possible to test them when they are at home or on holiday," explained Dr Paes. "That's the BCCI stand and bodies like ICC understand that."
BCCI begins dope testing - Times Of India
