New Delhi: Indian cricketers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shafali Verma have reportedly received formal notices from the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) after failing to comply with mandatory out-of-competition testing requirements.
The action follows separate instances in late 2025 when anti-doping officials were unable to locate the two players during scheduled testing visits. Both athletes are part of NADA’s Registered Testing Pool, which requires players to regularly submit their whereabouts along with a fixed daily one-hour slot during which they must remain available for surprise sample collection.
According to reports, officials were unable to reach Shafali at her declared location during a scheduled visit on November 7, 2025, while Jaiswal was similarly unavailable when officers arrived for testing on December 17.
Sources indicate that NADA later sought clarification from both players in February this year, but no response was received within the stipulated time. Following this, the agency reportedly marked the incidents as official “missed tests” and informed both the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the International Cricket Council.
The two cricketers have now been given a final seven-day period to explain their absence and avoid further disciplinary complications.
Under anti-doping rules, athletes can face serious consequences if they accumulate three whereabouts failures — including missed tests or filing errors — within a 12-month period. Such a violation can lead to suspension from competitive sport for up to two years if no satisfactory explanation is provided.
At present, this is understood to be the first recorded lapse for both players, meaning no immediate suspension is expected unless further breaches occur.
Indian cricket has previously witnessed similar action when Prithvi Shaw was handed an eight-month retrospective ban in 2019 after testing positive for terbutaline, a banned substance later linked to cough syrup consumption.
The latest notices serve as a reminder of the strict compliance standards expected from elite athletes under international anti-doping regulations.
