Star India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has emerged as essentially the most regularly examined cricketer between January and Could this 12 months, in keeping with the Nationwide Anti-Doping Company (NADA). Information revealed on the company’s web site exhibits that Jadeja underwent three dope assessments throughout this era.
A complete of 55 cricketers, together with each female and male gamers, underwent doping assessments within the preliminary 5 months of this 12 months. What’s noteworthy is that greater than half of those assessments have been carried out ‘Out Of Competitors’ (OOC), suggesting a proactive strategy by NADA. This vital shift is more likely to lead to the next variety of assessments carried out on cricketers in comparison with the final two years.
Evaluating the statistics, NADA collected 54 and 60 samples from cricketers in 2021 and 2022, respectively. Nevertheless, in the identical interval this 12 months, the likes of India’s captain Rohit Sharma and famend batter Virat Kohli remained untested.
Apparently, one other star all-rounder, Hardik Pandya, additionally underwent one OOC urine take a look at in April. In distinction, throughout 2021 and 2022, Rohit Sharma was examined with three samples annually, whereas Kohli remained untouched by NADA’s assessments.
The rise in doping assessments additionally included a noticeable enhance in assessments on girls cricketers. Whereas in 2022, roughly 20 samples have been collected from girls gamers, the primary 5 months of 2023 witnessed solely two girls cricketers, India’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur and classy left-hand batter, Smriti Mandhana.
Notably, the majority of those samples have been collected throughout competitions, probably throughout the Indian Premier League (IPL). Out of the whole 58 samples, seven have been blood samples, the remainder being urine samples. Jadeja’s assessments have been completely urine samples whereas one other participant, Thangarasu Natarajan, was subjected to 2 assessments in April with one urine and one blood.
Distinguished Indian cricketers who underwent doping assessments from January to Could embody Suryakumar Yadav, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan, and Mohammed Siraj, amongst others. Overseas gamers like David Warner, Rashid Khan, and Jofra Archer have been additionally subjected to assessments throughout the IPL season.
