January 10, 2018 by admin

Yusuf failed dope test due to cough syrup, BCCI lenient

New Delhi, Indian all-rounder Yusuf Pathan was today handed a five-month retrospective suspension for failing a dope test, a sanction which will end on January 14, after the Indian cricket board (BCCI) accepted that the violation was inadvertent. “Yusuf Pathan has been suspended for a doping violation. Pathan had inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance, which can be commonly found in cough syrups,” BCCI said in a press statement.
The 35-year-old had provided a urine sample as part of BCCI’s anti-doping testing programme during a domestic T20 competition on March 16 last year. “His sample was subsequently tested and found to contain Terbutaline. Terbutaline is prohibited both in and out of competition in the WADA Prohibited List of Substances,” BCCI stated.
The all-rounder, who has played 57 ODIs and 22 T20 Internationals for India, was charged with the “Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) under the BCCI Anti-Doping Rules (ADR) and was provisionally suspended pending determination of the charge”. “Pathan responded to the charge by admitting the ADRV and asserting that it was caused by his ingestion of a medication containing Terbutaline that had been mistakenly given to him instead of the medication prescribed for him, which did not contain any prohibited substance,” BCCI said.
“Having considered all evidence, BCCI has accepted Pathan’s explanation, and on that basis has agreed that a period of ineligibility of five months should apply, together with the disqualification of certain results.”
BCCI said Pathan had been provisionally suspended on October 28 last year, but the board has now decided to back-date the period of his final suspension to August 15.