Highlights 1 Sehwag and Vinay Lamba have been named in the Anti-Doping Appeals Panel2 Kunjarani Devi was appointed in the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel3 Earlier, Kunjarani was slapped with a six-month suspension for her doping offenceIn a move that would surely raise a few eyebrows, the sports ministry has included former cricketers Virender Sehwag and Vinay Lamba in the Anti-Doping Appeals Panel. The approval to appoint cricketers in the panel comes in the wake of the stand-off between the sports ministry and BCCI over dope-testing of cricketers by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). It is for the first time that cricketers have found a place in either the anti-doping disciplinary panel or the appeals panel of the NADA. In another surprising move, weightlifter Kunjarani Devi was appointed in the Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel. The appointments have come as a surprise to many as in the Appeals Panel there only two sportspersons and both of them happen to be cricketers.

Source: India Today November 09, 2017 11:03 UTC