Akshar Patel and Abhishek Sharma (PTI Photo)

Abhishek Sharma And Akshar PatelIndia’s T20 World Cup-winning players have been included in the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)’s Registered Testing Pool (RTP) for the second quarter of 2026. Smriti Mandhana And Shreyas Iyer In the updated list.NADA is India’s apex anti-doping body, responsible for promoting, coordinating and monitoring the fight against doping in sports. It operates in accordance with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Code and ensures that athletes compete in a clean and fair environment. As part of its responsibilities, NADA conducts dope testing, manages the results and enforces sanctions in cases of violations.RTP is an important component of this system. This involves specific athletes who are required to regularly submit their whereabouts, including details of their location and training programme, so that they can be tested at any time in and out of competition. Athletes must be available for testing during a specified one-hour period each day, and three failures to comply with these requirements may be considered a doping violation.The latest RTP list includes 348 athletes from different disciplines. The cricket squad is largely unchanged, with key names like Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, KL Rahul, Arshdeep Singh and Tilak Verma. The women’s team includes Deepti Sharma, Shafali Verma and Renuka Singh Thakur. Overall, 14 cricketers are included in the pool.Athletics continues to dominate the RTP, with its representation increasing from 118 to 134 athletes. Prominent names include steeplechaser Avinash Sable, hurdler Jyoti Yaraji, decathlete Tejaswin Shankar and sprinter Animesh Kujur. Long jumpers Shaili Singh and M Sreeshankar as well as discus thrower Tajinderpal Singh Toor are also part of the list.Other sports are also well represented. Archery includes Deepika Kumari, Rakesh Kumar and para archer Shital Devi. Hockey players like Manpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Hardik Singh, Salima Tete, Savita Punia and Navneet Kaur have been listed.The badminton team includes eight players including PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and Gayatri Gopichand. Boxing features 22 athletes, including notable names like Nikhat Zareen, Nishant Dev, Jasmine Lamboria and Olympic bronze medalist Lovlina Borgohain. Wrestling also forms an important part with 31 athletes including Olympic medalist Aman Sehrawat.The updated RTP reflects NADA’s continued focus on maintaining transparency and integrity in Indian sports by closely monitoring top athletes across all disciplines.