New Delhi: National Anti-Doping Agency has issued notices to Indian cricketers Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shafali Verma following alleged “whereabouts failures” linked to their anti doping responsibilities.
Both players are part of NADA’s Registered Testing Pool, under which athletes are required to regularly provide details of their location along with a daily one hour time slot during which they are available for out of competition drug testing.
According to reports, Shafali Verma was unavailable when Dope Control Officers arrived to collect her sample on November 7, 2025. Yashasvi Jaiswal was also reportedly not found at his designated testing location on December 17, 2025.
NADA later sought explanations from both cricketers in February 2026. However, after reportedly receiving no response from either player, the agency officially recorded the incidents as “missed tests” under anti doping regulations.
The developments have also been formally communicated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the International Cricket Council. Both players have now been given a final seven day period to submit valid explanations regarding their absence during the scheduled tests.
Under anti doping rules, athletes included in the Registered Testing Pool must accurately disclose their location details to facilitate surprise testing. If a Doping Control Officer arrives during the declared time window and the athlete is unavailable, it is classified as a missed test.
A single missed test does not automatically result in punishment. However, three whereabouts failures, including missed tests or filing failures, within a rolling 12 month period can amount to an anti doping rule violation. If proven guilty and unable to justify the violations, athletes can face suspensions of up to two years.
This is reportedly the first such strike against both Jaiswal and Verma.
Indian cricket has witnessed similar cases in the past. In 2019, Prithvi Shaw received a backdated eight month suspension after a prohibited substance, Terbutaline, was detected in his sample during the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament.
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