New Delhi: Ahmed Shehzad Controversy arose over accusations that the Board of Control for Cricket in India would not allow the International Cricket Council to directly conduct doping tests on Indian players. He made the remarks during the ongoing ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, where the Indian national cricket team has reached the semi-finals.Speaking on a Pakistani channel, Shehzad claimed that India conducts its own anti-doping tests instead of relying on the ICC’s testing system.
He claimed that the Indian board preferred to conduct the testing itself because it did not trust outside technology. “International Criminal Court conducts doping tests [sic] For the whole world except India. Their own board of directors does it for them. Sir, they don’t give it to the ICC; they say we have our own board and it will be decided by them. Indians said we don’t trust any outside technology, we have good technology so we will conduct doping tests for our own players,” Shehzad said.However, international cricket follows strict anti-doping rules based on World Anti-Doping Agency standards. The ICC has been a signatory to the WADA Code since 2006, meaning athletes around the world must adhere to strict testing rules.ICC typically conducts in- and out-of-competition testing without prior notice. Specially trained officials collect a blood or urine sample, split it into two parts, known as “A” and “B” samples, and test them at a WADA-accredited laboratory. If the first sample shows a banned substance, the player will be temporarily suspended and can request a second sample to be tested. If the results are confirmed, the player could face a lengthy ban from cricket.at the same time, BCCIThe anti-doping system of the National Anti-Doping Agency operates under the leadership of the National Anti-Doping Agency, which joined the agency in 2019. Since NADA also follows WADA rules, Indian athletes are still tested according to the same global anti-doping standards used in international sports.
