New Delhi: A big news related to Indian team star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is coming out. He was tested maximum three times in this year. Recently the National Anti-Doping Agency released the latest list. According to him, from January to May this year, India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja gave his sample for dope test thrice, thus becoming the most tested cricketer during this period.
A total of 55 cricketers (male and female, 58 samples) were tested for dope in the first five months of the year, according to the latest list released on the NADA website. Most of these samples were taken out of competition. This means that the number of samples collected from cricketers this year is likely to be much higher than in the previous two years.
According to statistics, NADA had taken 54 samples of cricketers in 2021 and 60 in 2022. Indian captain Rohit Sharma and star batsman Virat Kohli were not tested in the first five months of the year 2023. Hardik Pandya, who has been leading India in T20 Internationals for some time now, had an out-of-competition urine sample taken in April.
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Rohit was tested the most times in the years 2021 and 2022. Rohit was tested three times as per the NADA data for both these years. Kohli was not tested in 2021 and 2022 as well. In the year 2022, about 20 samples were taken for women cricketers. But in the first five months this year, only two women cricketers, Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur and vice-captain Smriti Mandhana, were tested out-of-competition once. The urine samples of both of them were taken in Mumbai on January 12.
A total of 20 samples were taken during the competition and most of these samples are likely to be taken during the Indian Premier League. Of the total 58 samples of the cricketers, seven are blood samples while the rest are urine samples. All the three samples of Jadeja went for urine. These samples were taken on 19 February, 26 March and 26 April. Two samples of fast bowler T Natarajan were taken on April 27. These include a blood and a urine sample. A blood sample is taken to check for extra substances. These substances are not detected in urine samples.