WADA whereabouts clause may face legal test in India

The BCCI, India's cricket federation, is seeking legal advice from Attorney General Goolam Vahanvati, and the country's former Chief Justice, A S Anand, on the 'whereabouts' clause of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code.

"We have asked for legal advice from both Goolam Vahanvati and former chief justice AS Anand on the legal aspects of the 'whereabouts' clause of the WADA," Rajiv Shukla, vice-president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), told the Indo Asian News Agency.

The BCCI has rejected the controversial WADA anti-doping clause that makes it mandatory for players to make themselves available for out of competition tests. This was despite the approval of the clause by the International Cricket Council, the governing body for world cricket.

Eleven Indian cricketers, including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar, have opposed the clause and have already missed the July 31 deadline to sign the Code, reports IANS.

SOURCE: Hindustan Times and IANS