BCCI to go on trial with NADA, staves off CoA and ICC for now : Reports

03/19/2019

BCCI have reportedly agreed with CoA to work on a six-month trial with the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) after the International Cricket Council’s repeated insistence. With Sourav Ganguly leaving CAC to take up mentor’s role in Delhi Capitals’ camp, CoA could ask Justice DK Jain for the role.

ICC’s dream of clubbing cricket into the multi-sport events around the world with the prioritized few being the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games has BCCI as a huge blockade on its way. The Indian cricket board had previously refused to comply with the norms of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which has led the world body to give ICC time till May 19 to do the needful. BCCI is the only organization, apart from Afghanistan, who is yet to “embrace” the Olympic spirit and ICC chairman Shashank Manohar had met members of the Committee of Administrators (COA) in Mumbai on Monday to discuss the same.

Though BCCI has agreed to work with NADA for the moment to see how things go, sources have reported TOI that it was just a time taking strategy to find new grounds. “What this also means is that it allows Manohar to buy some more time with WADA even as deadline nears," sources privy to developments told TOI.

"So, it is possible a middle path that's been taken right now. Put a six-month trial period in place. ICC is happy because it buys them more time; CoA is happy that they don't have to take the inconvenient call per se; members are happy because technically a call hasn't been taken," sources added.

According to the new BCCI constitution, COA wouldn’t be having any locus standi on the matter despite their assurances to COA, which could now lead to BCCI members going up against the CoA once again. "It is a matter of policy, not administration. CoA has no authority whatsoever," said the members, as per reports.

Apart from all of this, BCCI has previously expressed their reservations with the way NADA has functioned. Industry sources also said TOI, "BCCI had written to NADA, saying its own (NADA's) standards need to improve as per international benchmarks. There's been no reply yet. NADA is old-world in a time when sports science has made swift paradigm shifts. Funny that Manohar, who's headed BCCI in the past and understands this well, refuses to identify the source of these problems," sources added.

With Ganguly leaving the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) for the mentor’s role of Delhi Capitals, CoA would now have to request newly appointed ombudsman, Justice DK Jain, to take the additional role of an ethics officer, as mandated by the Supreme Court. The ethics officer would have to step in to appoint new members and ensure there's no conflict.

BCCI to go on trial with NADA, staves off CoA and ICC for now : Reports

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