Abhishek, Axar Join NADA Testing Pool as Dope Watch Tightens

India's T20 World Cup standouts Abhishek Sharma and Axar Patel just landed in the National Anti-Doping Agency's Registered Testing Pool for Q2 2026. Out go Smriti Mandhana and Shreyas Iyer. The list hits 348 athletes now, with 14 cricketers such as Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Jasprit Bumrah still on it.

Closer watch on the big names. That's NADA's angle before those key tournaments hit. Abhishek plays for SRH. Axar captains DC. Both fresh off international wins. He's even talked about folding national team standards into IPL pressures.