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Sunday, May 18, 2008
NEW DELHI: Players participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL) were subjected to random dope tests on Saturday by a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) team.
“There are surprise dope tests to begin today. The (WADA) team from Sweden has already come down. We don’t know which team will be subjected to the tests first or which player’s samples would be taken first,” IPL Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi said.
“As per the ICC rules, the WADA team is here and the dope tests will start immediately,” he added.
The WADA team arrives close on the heels of media reports that Kolkata Knight Riders’ Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar carried an unusually high number of syringes in his baggage while coming here.
Modi, however, rubbished the reports. “I have verified the reports, no such things were found,” he said.
INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE
Matches to be played on Sunday
Kolkata Knight Riders v Chennai Super Kings at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Start at 3.30pm PST
Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad. Start at 7.30pm PST
Points Table
Team P W L Pts NRR
Rajasthan 10 8 2 16 +0.876
Punjab 9 6 3 12 +0.458
Chennai 10 6 4 12 -0.203
Mumbai 9 5 4 10 +0.658
Delhi 10 5 5 10 +0.331
Kolkata 10 5 5 10 -0.014
Deccan 10 2 8 4 -0.380
Bangalore 10 2 8 4 -1.577
(correct upto the start of Saturday’s match between Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab at Delhi)
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