The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) willnow come under the ambit of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) as India'scricketer will now be tested by NADA.
The decision has been made after the upcoming batsmanof India Prithvi Shaw who was suspended till November 15 after his urine sampletested positive for the substance Terbutaline.
According to a press release issued by BCCI, it said, "Inadvertentlyingested a prohibited substance which can be commonly found in cough syrups." ButShaw's ban was backdated to March 16 even though he played for Delhi Capitalsin the Indian Premier League till May 8.
BCCI has avoided using NADA for long to test itscricketers because the Indian cricket board is not very impressed with theefficiencies of the NADA.
BCCI anti-doping manager Abhijit Salvi, while quotedby a news agency said that if they would have been happy with NADA'sperformance then BCCI would not have had an issue. He said, "I am sure you haveread reports as well about NADA's inefficiencies."
However, Sports Secretary RS Julaniya said that theBCCI now does have the discretion to say no as all are same and everyone has tofollow the same rules.
