The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has agreed to come under the ambit of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).
Till now, Sweden-based International Dope Testing Management (IDTM) was collecting cricketers’ samples on behalf of BCCI and submitting them to the National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL).
NADA will now collect samples of all cricketers during domestic tournaments, bilateral series, IPL Tournament.
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NADA was established in 2005 as registered society under Societies Registration Act of 1890 with a mandate for ‘dope free’ sports in India.
It is responsible for promoting, monitoring and coordinating doping control program in sports in all its forms in India.