Dropped Indian all-rounder Yusuf Pathan failed a dope test during a tournament last season. He just one Ranji Trophy game for Baroda this season. Some of the reports suggest that the BCCI informed the state association not to pick Pathan after he failed the dope test.
Pathan played his last Ranji game in October versus Andhra in which he scored four runs and went wicket-less. According to a source close to Pathan, the all-rounder failed to apply for a Therapeutic Use Exemption. He has consumed a medicine named Brozeet which has Terbutaline in it. While Terbutaline is a banned substance, a player can take it only if he has taken a prior permission.
But the reports also suggest that Yusuf didn’t took any permission from the team doctor. One of teh Sources of Indian Express said, “There was a substance which was in the medicine which falls on the banned list. He took that particular medicine on the advice of the team doctor. He was not aware that the medicine he took had something which was banned.”
In a brief statement, Pathan said, “I had received a letter from the BCCI on 27.10.2017, stating that I had failed a doping test for the substance ‘terbutaline’. The prohibited substance was detected in my sample because of a medicine that I was taking for a throat infection. Right from the first day I had full faith in Allah that I would be cleared of intentional doping. I have always competed in a fair and transparent manner. Competing for India and my home state Baroda has been a matter of immense pride and encouragement for me and I would never act in any manner to bring my motherland or Baroda, in any kind of disrepute.”
He further added, “I would like to once again assure the BCCI, Baroda Cricket Association and my fans and I promise to be more careful with what I consume henceforth. In hindsight, I should have been more careful and checked the status of the medications with BCCI’s dedicated Anti-Doping Helpline.”
Yusuf also took to Twitter to thanks BCCI for fair trial following dope suspension, he tweeted, “I wish to thank the @BCCI for allowing me to plead my case in a fair and reasonable manner.”
Yusuf's statement:
I wish to thank the @BCCI for allowing me to plead my case in a fair and reasonable manner. pic.twitter.com/S83TNUpqxZ— Yusuf Pathan (@iamyusufpathan) January 9, 2018
Pathan’s historical suspension ends on January 14, 2018, after the BCCI accepted his plea that the violation was a mistake. The BCCI statement read, “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.”
Pathan is the second Indian cricketer to have failed a dope test. In 2013, Delhi medium-pacer Pradeep Sangwan was banned for 18 months after he returned a positive test.
