Smriti, Jemimah feature in NADA’s 2026 Q1 RTP list

New Delhi: Star Indian women cricketers Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues were among the prominent additions to the National Anti-Doping Agency's Registered Testing Pool for the first quarter of 2026 but athletics accounted for the lion's share of 118 names in the 347-strong list.

In all, 120 names were added to the previous RTP that comprised 227 athletes.

The significant rise is because of Commonwealth and Asian Games scheduled later this year and India's push for more aggressive testing.


Athletes listed in RTP are required to share their whereabouts with the anti-doping agency and be available for testing in a specified window everyday. Three failures to provide whereabouts is considered a doping violation.

Athletics, which accounted for 68 names in the previous NADA RTP, has a markedly higher presence in the new one with big names such as steeplechaser Avinash Sable, hurdler Jyothi Yarraji, decathlete Tejaswin Shankar and sprinter Animesh Kujur included for the first quarter.

Sable is returning to NADA list after being excluded from the World Anti-Doping Agency's RTP, which only features javelin throw duo of Neeraj Chopra and Sachin Yadav now.

Fourteen cricketers have been enlisted with Mandhana and Rodrigues replacing Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson.

Both Yadav and Samson will be seen in action during next month's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.

The other names remain unchanged from cricket with Test and ODI skipper Shubman Gill, his ODI deputy Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant, Jasprit Bumrah, K L Rahul Arshdeep Singh and Tilak Verma among those picked.

From the women's team, which won a historic ODI World Cup last year, all-rounder Deepti Sharma and Shafali Verma continue to be on the list alongside Renuka Singh Thakur.

From hockey, senior stars Manpreet Singh, skipper Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas and Hardik Singh are there along with women's team captain Salima Tete, Savita Punia, and Navneet Kaur.

Wrestlers also form a large chunk of the registered athletes with 29 names, including Olympic bronze winner Aman Sehrawat.