Delhi Daredevil's Pakistan import Mohammad Asif tested positive in the drug tests conducted by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), confirmed the Indian Premier League on Monday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board said that it had received a letter of confirmation from the BCCI.
Earlier, the name of the tainted cricketer was not disclosed but BCCI sources revealed to CNN-IBN that the Asif is the player that flunked the drugs test. The reports were, later, confirmed as the IPL released an official statement on the issue.
According to an IPL release, the "DLF Indian Premier League compared the result from the WADA-approved laboratory in Switzerland with the data collected by IDTM, the Sweden-based independent agency which organized the anti-doping testing in accordance with World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) standards, to confirm the player in violation is Mr. Mohammad Asif".
"It was also checked if Mr. Md. Asif had applied for and was granted a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE). It was found that Mr. Md. Asif had not applied for a TUE. A note in writing has been sent to the player and his home board and to the franchisee on the findings," the release added. The TUE refers to exceptional circumstances where an athlete has used the certain drug, with a approval of the WADA.
The release also added that Asif has been informed that his urine sample had tested positive. He has the right to request that the B Sample (supplied by him at the same time as the A Sample which tested positive) be analyzed.
The release also says that in the even he asks for the B Sample to be tested, he he and his representative, along with an IPL representative, will have the right to attend the opening and analysis.
The release also says that once the results of the B Sample are received, it will be referred to the IPL Drug Tribunal, which consists of Dr Ravi Bapat, Sunil Gavaskar and Shirish Gupte, a leading lawyer.
The Tribunal will in due course follow the procedure as laid down in the Anti-Doping policy, the release added.
