After 46 months of continuous cricket and media attention, team India will have 43 days free to enjoy. Till September there is no cricket for Team India. The cricketers will be away from the cricket. They can enjoy their private life during this free time. But, this will remain a dream for them as they will not be able to enjoy their privacy.
Players are asked to make their 3 months schedule in advance. The players will have to tell WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) their schedule from 6 A.M. to 11 P.M. for all the 7 days of the week for 3 months in advance. They will have to remain drug free for all the 365 days in the year. They will have to be ready for the test any time 365 days whenever they are asked to give the test. If the players miss the 3 tests then they will be treated guilty under the WADA Act.
They will also have to keep 1 hour free for the Dope test. For this they can fill online form or can mail their schedule to WADA directly. This new rule came from January, 2009. The earlier rule was little liberal having the time limit from 5 A.M. to 11 P.M. for only 5 days a week. They had to be prepared for only 3 times for the test. But now the rules have changed and the players will have to work according to the rule made by WADA.
The players of team India is not in favour of leaving their privacy and thus they have written a letter to the BCCI about this. Harbhajan, Yuvraj, and Sehwag have written the letter to BCCI. They are against the rules of the WADA. BCCI has joined the WADA rule before 3 years and now the players will have to follow the rule made by WADA as BCCI come under WADA.
The cricketers will have to follow the rule as they cannot break the chain and rule according to their wish. Cricketers come under BCCI, BCCI comes under ICC and ICC comes under the rule of WADA, so players are under the rules and they have to follow the rules.
The WADA works for all the sports all over the world. The Indian cricketers are the not only players who are against the rule, but there are other players from other sports who are of same opinion. Rafel Nadal, the tennis player had told ITF (International Tennis Federation) about this. Lolo Jones, American athletic has also shown her disagreement against WADA rule.
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