Team India’s discarded batting all-rounder Yusuf Pathan had failed a dope test during a domestic match last season and has immediately been suspended for the violation. A statement by BCCI testifies the same.
“Mr Yusuf Pathan has been suspended for a doping violation. Mr Pathan had inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance, which can be commonly found in cough syrups” The statement said.
“Mr Pathan had provided a urine sample as part of the BCCI’s anti-doping testing program during a domestic T-20 competition on 16th March 2017 in New Delhi. His sample was subsequently tested and found to contain Terbutaline. Terbutaline, a specified substance, is prohibited both In & Out of Competition in the WADA Prohibited List of Substances.”
“On 27th October 2017, Mr Pathan was charged with the commission of an Anti-Doping Rule Violation (ADRV) under the BCCI Anti-Doping Rules (ADR) Article 2.1 and provisionally suspended pending determination of the charge. Mr 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” statement read further.
Right after the statement from the BCCI, Yusuf Pathan thanked the board for letting him plead his case in a ‘fair and reasonable manner’.
“I wish to thank the @BCCI for allowing me to plead my case in a fair and reasonable manner” he posted on his twitter handle.
