NADA will be allowed to take samples, but only with BCCI’s permission, says top BCCI official

First, the BCCI ceded to ICC's pressure in late March but agreed for a tie-up with NADA on a trial basis. The ICC had then sent over the draft agreement to them. However, it is now being reported that the cricketing body has made a few changes to the clauses in the agreement with NADA.

"The BCCI felt that it should be made clear that the arrangement contained in the agreement would be for a six-month trial basis. The sample collection would be undertaken by doping control officers and chaperones who are IDTM (a private sample collection agency hired by BCCI). The board also believes such collection would be done only in the presence of BCCI's anti-doping managers and the BCCI will decide during which matches this testing can be undertaken," a top BCCI official told TOI.

Now, the revised agreement has been sent back to NADA and IDTM, the sample collection agency suggested by the BCCI. However, it doesn’t seem like the NADA will cave to the board’s demands. 

"NADA will go by its regulations. It will start collecting samples once the domestic season starts. If the BCCI tries to object to the standard procedure, then NADA will be forced to submit a negative report to Wada," a top NADA official told TOI.

Earlier, the BCCI had given WADA, the parent organization of NADA, the provision to suggest a different agency besides NADA, at the ICC chief executive's (CEC) meeting in Dubai in February this year. BCCI officials had cited the recent goof-ups by NADA and a lack of trust in doping agency’s operations, for their non-compliance with the system.