BCCI relents on anti-doping: Set to work with NADA for 6 months on trial

The BCCI Monday said it will work with the National Anti-Doping Agency for the next six months, a major climbdown from its previous position of not adhering to the global anti-doping guidelines.

The decision that was taken by the top BCCI office-bearers and Committee of Administrators (COA) after a meeting with the International Cricket Council chairman Shashank Manohar, came with its share of riders.

"It will be a six-month tripartite agreement between ICC, BCCI and NADA wherein the samples of our registered pool of players will be going to the National Dope Testing Labaratory (NDTL) through NADA, unlike now when Sweden-based IDTM does the sample collection. If we are not convinced, we won't renew the agreement," a senior BCCI official privy to development told PTI after the meeting.

The Board has not yet intimated NADA about its stand.

"I will only comment when I receive any written confirmation. I have not yet been officially intimated," NADA Director General Navin Agarwal ...