The International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to suspend the ‘whereabouts’ clause in the anti-doping code while they continue to engage with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on the contentious issue. In the mean time, the cricket body will continue in-competition and out-of-competition drug testing of all international cricketers without applying the ‘whereabouts’ clause.

“We need to find a solution to the practical problem India is having, which is a constitutional issue of the country, which is why we decided to suspend the ‘whereabouts’ clause,” Haroon Lorgat, the ICC CEO, said in Johannesburg on Wednesday. The system was to start from August 1 but was stalled after the 11 Indian cricketers in the pool, including Sachin Tendulkar, refused to reveal the required information citing security and privacy concerns.