New Delhi, May 9: The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has reportedly issued notices to Indian cricket opener Yashasvi Jaiswal and Indian women’s cricket opener Shafali Verma for failing to provide their whereabouts under anti-doping regulations.
Both players are currently part of NADA’s Registered Testing Pool (RTP) and undergo regular testing. They are required to inform NADA of their locations so that they can be located for testing without prior notice.
Athletes included in NADA’s RTP must update their whereabouts quarterly. This includes providing their home address, email, phone number, overnight stay address, tournament schedule, and a 60-minute time slot each day when they will be available for testing. Athletes are responsible for any missed tests.
According to reports, doping control officers (DCO) attempted to test Yashasvi Jaiswal on December 17 last year and Shafali Verma on November 7, but both were not found at the locations they had provided.
NADA sought responses from both cricketers on February 18 and 20 this year, but neither responded. Consequently, NADA has officially recorded their ‘first missed test.’
Reports indicate that both players have been given seven days to respond. The information regarding their missed tests has also been communicated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Both cricketers must exercise caution, as three missed tests within a 12-month period would be considered a violation of anti-doping rules under Article 2.4 of NADA. The penalty for such a violation can be up to four years.
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