National Anti Doping Agency banned seven athletes for failing dope tests. The details included banning a male long jumper for two years and six women athletes for one year each. It was suspected that intake of food supplements might have caused the positive results.

Soumyajit Ghosh Right ahead of the Commonwealth Games in 2018 was caught up in a assault and harassment case. This led to the Table Tennis Federation of India revoking the provisional suspension making him ineligible to play in further tournaments.

The reason she got her eight-year sentence was that this was her second offence. As per the NADA Code, and suspension for a second-time offender. In 2011, along with five other athletes, Pawar had tested positive for anabolic steroids resulting in a two-year suspension for those implicated.

Jithin Paul has been banned for four years after National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) found that the 400 metre hurdler was in possession of a prohibited substance called meldonium. With this ban, Paul becomes first Indian athlete to be sanctioned for such an offence.

In 2019, after making controversial statement in an episode of talk show "Koffee with Karan", BCCI suspended the opening batsman KL Rahul and all-rounder Hardik Pandya with immediate effect.