The BCCI has used that and that is why it has been backdated.So they say NADA would have appointed an independent panel. So it was agreed, though it is still in the early phases because NADA has still to agree to all the requirements that BCCI has placed in front of them.
Should more be done to make it interesting for cricketers?Every year, we improve on our performance. So people put all sports in one bracket. These were all international experts, a scientist, a doctor and a lawyer. They had regularly handled anti-doping cases from the tennis world and other sports. People need to accept that you cannot compare cricket with other sports like athletics, which have more risks of doping. You don't have to test for human growth hormone or an anabolic steroid in a chess player. The papers were referred to them. So many of them who would normally take it casually, started calling in regularly. But I am not saying it is completely ruled out, but there are other medicines which may give the cricketers power, stamina and all of that. Until two years back it was myself and Dr (Vece) Paes, we were able to manage it. Inspite of that if some people miss out. Yes, on a trial basis, because WADA wants BCCI to be fully WADA-compliant. This is now a key part of our education programme. And that is why we have involved IDTM for sample collection, who are one of the best in the world. Once that was decided, we issued the notice of charge to the player. They can call us, text message us or WhatsApp us. And it honestly wouldn't. And to see how it goes. The Code. Yes, on a trial basis, because WADA wants BCCI to be fully WADA-compliant. We will try on six-month trial basis to see how NADA works. [Please note that ITF is not the World Taekwondo Federation (World Taekwondo), which is the Olympic Federation for the sport of Taekwondo. However, certain Signatories were deemed non-compliant at certain points in time but have since resolved their outstanding issue(s) and been removed from the non-compliance list as a result. As the international independent Agency tasked with coordinating, monitoring and promoting the fight against doping in sport, one of WADA’s core activities is to monitor the compliance to the Code of its Signatories.While WADA is the governing body for the implementation of the Code, it is the Code Signatories who are responsible for the implementation of applicable Code provisions through policies, statutes, rules, regulations and programs according to their authority and jurisdiction. There have been no issues as such.
Slowly we learnt from our mistakes as well. We will try on six-month trial basis to see how NADA works. If the player would have challenged the eight-month ban, the notice of charge mentions three things: a) the player could refute the charges saying that I do not agree that I tested positive for terbutaline, then he could go in for the B sample. They have been handling the complete tennis programme and a lot of other events in other sports.You conduct all tests throughout the domestic season under BCCI ambit from the Duleep Trophy this month till the end of IPL?So in the case of say a Prithvi Shaw, he has been given only an eight-month ban and he was allowed to use NCA facility even when the ban would have applied. The education programme has been getting better and better. This was an inadvertent mistake. COVID-19 Follow WADA’s updates on COVID-19. The World Anti-Doping Code is the document that brings consistency to anti-doping rules, regulations and policies worldwide. Like initially when we started off in 2010, we used to have an extensive anti-doping programme, where we had a three-hour anti-doping programme where we would take up each and every drug that was mentioned in the prohibited list, but then we obviously realised that these are athletes and you cannot have their concentration for such a long time. That's a lot. "The New Zealand supplement programme is nothing to do with Wada.
This is another wake up call for other cricketers too.Subscribe To Our Daily Newsletter And Get News Delivered Straight To Your Inbox. Players too have been filing whereabouts for a long time now.The standards or the quality of NADA's anti-doping programme or even the quality of sample collection is not (good). And take him into consultation and then drafting the final decision, we arrived at the eight-month sanction. This is ninth year we have been conducting education programmes and the eighth year we are actually conducting tests. Whenever there are two states asking for help, asking for education programme on the same date, we do have people going around and doing it. Just because NADA is not on board, they think BCCI is not WADA-compliant. Is that fair criticism?For verdict I can understand. Read more about the Code; Read more about International Standards; 2021 Code and Standards The Prohibited List. Even recently WADA had agreed that the list has to be sport specific. The only requirement was NADA's involvement. Naturally the BCCI anti-doping manager Dr Abhijit Salvi has come under a scanner for all the work that they have put in the last decade. Most people who are aware of it are more than actually the people who are missing out and testing positive.
The code mentions that there can be an agreed sanction. So every state having an anti-doping manager is not going to help much, to be honest.How can Prithvi Shaw ensure he does not fall into the same trap again?I am sure he has learnt a lesson. But before that we also had an independent review board, which was absolutely independent and was appointed by IDTM. As per the WADA, BCCI and as well as the ICC anti-doping code providing it concluded that there was no significant fault or negligence and the player admits that he had inadvertently taken it. So it was agreed, though it is still in the early phases because NADA has still to agree to all the requirements that BCCI has placed in front of them.