Yusuf Pathan Suspended by BCCI

New Delhi, Jan 09: In a shocking revelation, all-rounder Yusuf Pathan had failed a dope test during a domestic match last season. The member of the 2011 World Cup winning side has been suspended for the violation. A statement by BCCI testifies the same. The statement said, "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 Baroda cricketer had provided a urine sample as part of the Board of Control for Cricket in India s (BCCI) anti-doping testing programme during a domestic Twenty20 competition on March 16, 2017, in New Delhi. His sample was subsequently tested and found to contain Terbutaline, which is a specified substance and is prohibited both in & out of competition in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prohibited list of substances. "The five-month period of ineligibility will be deemed to have started to run on 15 August 2017 and end at midnight on 14 January 2018," the BCCI s official statement added.