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BCCI panel meet today on ICC Anti-Doping Code

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BCCI Anti-Doping Code likely from coming season
Concern over security, privacy to be addressed

Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is unlikely to take a position that conflicts with the players’ views on supplying ‘whereabouts’ information and out-of-competition testing.

This was disclosed by a source ahead of the emergent working committee meeting called by the BCCI here on Sunday to make a presentation of the ICC Anti-Doping Code (2009) to its affiliated units.

The position the BCCI has officially taken on the out-of-competition testing, supplying of whereabouts information and, most importantly, the view of the Indian players in the ICC International Registered Testing Pool (IRTP) will be dealt with at the meeting.

No confrontation

However, with Sharad Pawar set to become the ICC President in June, 2010 and India scheduled to host a major part of the 2011 ICC World Cup, the BCCI would not like to be seen on a confrontation course with the ICC. BCCI President Shashank Manohar has gone on record as saying: “The BCCI hopes to work out the best possible solution that’s mutually acceptable. There’s absolutely no confrontation between the BCCI and ICC on the issue and if anyone is trying to convey such a picture, that is wrong.

“Our players have concerns about the security and privacy aspects regarding certain clauses in the WADA code. We have conveyed these concerns to the ICC and we will sit with them to work out a solution.”

Meanwhile, a BCCI official said that the Indian IRTP players will have no issues with dope testing carried out in the course of Future Tour Programmes (FTP).

Mr. Manohar and Secretary N. Srinivasan are also likely to convey to the working committee group — some State units are not members of the working committee — that the associations playing in BCCI tournaments will have to adhere to a BCCI Anti-Doping Code.

Education programme

According to a source, the education programme for India’s domestic players would begin after the establishment of the BCCI Anti-Doping Code, probably from the 2009-10 season.

A template adapted from the ICC model is likely to be followed at the domestic level.

Clearly the BCCI has to first create an infrastructure that will also make it obligatory for the member units to put in place qualified staff to educate and train domestic cricketers.

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