Let the Indian cricketers have their say

Yuvraj Singh's plea to treat cricketers differently in the WADA whereabouts clause has evoked mixed reactions. Pradeep Magazine of the Hindustan Times sides with the cricketers, saying that they actually have a valid point. In a team sport in which they’re on the field for almost 11 months a year, and are available for testing, why not let them live in peace for a month?

Let us not take away the right of the players to protect their privacy. In the eyes of the law, one is innocent until proven guilty. This clause, however, makes an athlete guilty until proven innocent. I’m sure it not only goes against the tenets of a civilized society, but is also bad in law.

In the same paper, Anand Vasu comments on the BCCI's reaction to the issue, and questions why they have to roadblock pretty much anything the ICC comes up with. Read on in his blog Bat on Regardless.

Usually when the board gets its hands dirty there’s either money or power involved. In this case there are no millions to be made, but certainly there’s power to be lost.