BANGALORE: Cricket is fast gaining in popularity globally but if the stand-off between the BCCI-ICC on the WADA
code persists, it may spell
trouble for the sport's presence in the Asian Games in Guangzhou in November next
year.
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) secretary general Randhir Singh hopes the issue won't reach such a stage and feels the misunderstanding in the Indian cricket board and among the players will be sorted out soon.
"I don't think the issue will go that far as the Asian Games is 1-1/2 years away. I hope it is sorted out in the next few days," Randhir Singh told TOI.
"It seems to be a case of misunderstanding and it is upto the International Cricket Council, who have signed the WADA code, to address the issue and solve the crisis," he said.
Cricket (in T20 format) is to be played in the Asian Games for the first time next year after the OCA agreed on its inclusion in 2007.
Randhir would also not buy BCCI's argument that the high profile players' security will be at risk once they furnish their whereabouts to the WADA official concerned.
"There are 1,000 of players, including superstars, from all sports who are in the Registered Testing Pool and none of them have faced any problem," he said. The OCA -- the supreme authority of the Asian Games -- has formed its anti-doping rules in accordance with WADA codes.
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