BCCI Supports Indian Players on WADA Anti-Doping Contract

 

 

 

The BCCI has backed the Indian cricketers on their security concerns in the anti-doping signing with the World Anti Doping Association, which has got into a tie-up with the apex cricket body, ICC.
The Indian cricketers had refused to sign the contract earlier, before the deadline of 31st July because of a contentious clause that meant that they had to declare their location for one hour over the next three months. The Indian cricketers had deemed this clause as the one which encroached on their privacy.

The BCCI had a meeting with the ICC officials, along with the presence of some of the Indian cricketers like M.S.Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh but there was no solution found for the deadlock. The BCCI, on their part, agreed that anti-doping measures were very much a need of the hour, but they also said that they would back the players since they agreed with the fact that it would mean that the security of its players would be under threat.

The BCCI then, is said to have come up with a solution of its own, which they would suggest to the ICC. This solution talks about the ICC cutting off ties with WADA and forming their own regulations regarding doping and dope-testing.

Sachin Tendulkar Aims For 15000 Test Runs

 

India’s best ever batsman, Sachin Tendulkar, has said that he is still not satisfied with the number of runs that he has got in the test match format of the game, and that he would like to end with at least 15,000 runs under his belt.
Talking to a cricket magazine, Tendulkar said that he will want to live up to the expectations of former Indian opener and captain, Sunil Gavaskar, who had predicted that Tendulkar will get to 15000 runs. Gavaskar had also said that he would not be happy if Tendulkar got anything less than that, ‘and would come and catch me if he didn’t.’

The other aim that Tendulkar spoke about was the winning of the 2011 edition of the World Cup, the one trophy that has eluded his cupboard so far. Tendulkar has already played in five such tournaments and hasn’t won a world cup for his country yet.

 

Tendulkar then defied John Buchanan’s judgment on the fact that the bowlers world over had sorted Tendulkar out with the short ball. He said, ‘There must be something very wrong with all the bowlers around the world that they have allowed me to score so many runs.

Tnedulkar signed off by saying that retirement was farthest from his thoughts, but it was a scary thought all the same, to be away from the game he loves so much!