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much on, however, the players were always going to be screened for drugs, whether in New Zealand, or in India, before proceeding for the big event in South Africa, and some of them are finding it hard to understand what all the fuss is about. Indeed, there was some concern in the Indian camp, that the news was being blown out of proportion by some sections of the media. After all, none has tested positive. ``These will be routine tests, that all the sides will have to undergo, not just India. For us, they could be done either in New Zealand or in India,'' said Mr. N.R. Chowdhary, manager of the Indian cricket side. However, since the list of banned substances is wide-ranging - even a tablet consumed for cold could lead to somebody testing positive - the cricketers, who are not used to such scrutiny, will have to be careful. There was some controversy over this issue in India a couple of years ago, when former coach Aunchuman Gaekwad reportedly told a weekly that some of the Indian cricketers were on drugs. These were comments, that he later denied. Incidentally, one of the relatively better-known cricketers who flunked a drug test was paceman Ed Giddins who was later picked in the England Test team after serving a ban.
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