New Delhi - India's top cricketers are reluctant to sign a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) form which they claim infringes on their privacy, leaving the country's cricketing board in a fix, news reports said Friday. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked all its affiliated members to ensure players sign the WADA form by Saturday, leaving the Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI) with little time to negotiate with its players.
The cricketers are unhappy with the WADA whereabouts update form which needs them to give details about their availability for one hour every day for random out-of-competition testing, PTI news agency reported.
The cricketers are expected to give details about their residence, training and regular activity locations in advance.
Senior Indian cricketers feel such a clause infringes on their privacy and creates difficulties as they are often not aware of their programme two months in advance during the off-season and that it may also pose a security threat.
According to WADA rules, a sportsperson missing three doping tests in 18 months can face a two-year sanction.
"The players have certain reservations about this clause. They have already expressed their concerns to the BCCI. We are seeing what can be done," a top BCCI official was quoted as saying.
The BCCI has convened an emergency meeting of top officials on Sunday to try work out a solution. The board has conveyed to the ICC that it may be difficult for it to meet the Saturday deadline.
The ICC is signatory to the WADA which requires all its members to comply to the anti-doping guidelines.
