Indian cricket board rejects WADA code endorsed by ICC over notification requirement

Indian cricket rejects WADA code

MUMBAI, India — World cricket’s adoption of the World Anti-Doping Agency agreement has been sidetracked by India’s rejection of a clause governing notification of players’ whereabouts when they are not competing.

Acting on its players’ complaints, India’s cricket board balked on Sunday at the section of the WADA agreement that requires players to say where they will be for three months in advance to allow random testing when they are not playing.

India’s rejection is a blow to the International Cricket Council, which had directed all affiliated national boards to get their players to sign the WADA form by Aug. 1. The ICC is a signatory to the WADA code, making it mandatory for all affiliates to comply with the anti-doping stipulations.