Morning brief: Chetan Sharma on 'doping' in Indian cricket, US clears the air on China balloon row, and more
WION's morning brief
In an exclusive sting operation with Zee media, the chief selector of Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI), Chetan Sharma talked of 'doping' in the Indian cricket. Sharma claimedthat many players in Indian cricket take injections to get fit even when they are not. The initial aspersions over Chinese balloon row were finally cast aside by the White House. The US on Tuesday said its intelligence officials believe that the balloons were being flown for “benign or commercial” use. Meanwhile,Guyana's Chief of the Defence Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess, in an exclusive conversation with WION,said that the country is looking to purchase the Dornier aircraft from India in a bid to build its capacity in the area of troop movement and disaster-related activities.
EXCLUSIVE: In big expose, BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma talks of 'doping' in Indian cricket
In a sting operation done on the BCCI chief selector Chetan Sharma, he has opened up about multiple scams going on in Indian cricket including alleged doping, which is sure to blow the roof off for the game. As first reported by the Zee Media, Chetan in a sting operation, claimed that many players in Indian cricket take injections to get fit even when they are not. Not only this, Chetan also admitted that huge stars, unnamed here, also take injections, and that they have their own doctors outside of cricket who are available for them on the drop of the hat for the same.
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