NADA ropes in Virender Sehwag as member of Anti-Doping Appeal Panel

Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag and Delhi player Vinay Lamba were made members of the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) of the NADA on Thursday.

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Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag and Delhi player Vinay Lamba were made members of the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) of the NADA on Thursday.

Sehwag and Lamba are roped in the six member panel headed by retired judge RV Easwar. Talking about Lamba, played 76 first-class matches for Delhi between 1967 and 1981.

The remaining three members are senior advocate Vibha Datta Makhija, Dr Naveen Dang and Harsh Mahajan.

According to sources, Sehwag did not attend the meeting, which lasted for two hours.

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The NADA also appointed members of Anti-Doping Disciplinary Panel (ADDP) which has international sportspersons like Kunjarani Devi (weightlifting), Akhil Kumar (boxing), Reeth Abraham (athletics), Jagbir Singh (hockey) and Rohit Rajpal (tennis).

The ADDP will be headed by retired district and sessions judge Kuldeep Singh. The other members are Manik Dogra (advocate), Nalin Kohli (advocate) and Bina Gupta (advocate), and Surbhi Mehta (advocate), Vinod Dogra, Dr Ankit Sharma and Dr Chengappa.

As per norm, any doping case is first heard by the ADDP and then the matter is referred to ADAP.

(With PTI inputs)

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