Mon, Jul 14 04:26 PM
Karachi, July 14 (PTI) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) today made it clear that it would show no mercy to any Pakistani player if found guilty of failing a dope test during the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL). "I can assure you that if it turns out to be a Pakistani player, we will take all possible actions listed in our anti-doping policy and the player will not be shown any leniency," the Chief Operating Officer of PCB, Shafqat Naghmi, said here.
Naghmi's statement came a day after the IPL and ICC officials confirmed that a player has failed a dope test conducted during the highly successful first season of the league. Later, media reports said that the player is a fast bowler from South Asia with fingers pointing towards embattled pacer Mohammad Asif, who played for Delhi Daredevils.
The needle of suspicion pointed towards Asif beacuse of his dubious past. In 2006, he tested positive for nandrolone and last month, while returning home after playing in IPL, he had to spend 19 days in detention in Dubai airport for alleged possession of a banned substance.
Naghmi said if he recalled correctly eight players were tested during the IPL and one of them was Asif alongwith Daredevils team-mate Gautam Gambhir. PTI.
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