Dope test of Mohammed Asif is declared positive during IPL now my Q is who will take action? PCB,BCCI or ICC?

Question

Dope test of Mohammed Asif is declared positive during IPL now my Q is who will take action? PCB,BCCI or ICC?

Answer 1

Well the PCB isn't gonna do anything about it!! It'll be interesting to see what the BCCI does!! But I'm sure that the ICC has to step in and take some action!! This is gone far enough and i want it to be stopped!! It sets a really bad example to the youth of cricket!!

Answer 2

Dope scandal

Asif tested positive during IPL

Cricinfo staff

July 14, 2008





Mohammad Asif has once again landed in trouble on charges of doping © AFP





  

Mohammad Asif has been confirmed as the player who tested positive for a banned substance during the Indian Premier League, the IPL has announced.

The IPL compared the result from the WADA-approved laboratory in Switzerland with the data collected by IDTM, the Sweden-based independent agency which organised the tests. The IPL said: "It was also checked if Asif had applied for and was granted a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE). It was found that Asif had not applied for a TUE. A note in writing has been sent to the player and his home board and to the franchise [Delhi Daredevils] on the findings."

Asif will now have the right to request that his 'B' sample [supplied at the same time as the one that tested positive] be sent for analysis, which he and his representative can attend along with an IPL representative. Asif was detained in Dubai for possession of contraband drugs last month for 19 days and he is already the subject of a board inquiry into those events.

In a related development, it is also learnt that the announcement of Pakistan's 30-man list of probables for the Champions Trophy - due to be revealed today - has also been delayed by another day. The release of the names has already been delayed from last week, after disagreements between selectors and a board committee over some names in the list and confusion over Shoaib Akhtar's eligibility.

Cricinfo has learnt that the announcement of the squad was delayed till the identity of the player who tested positive was made public, in order to "avoid further controversy," according to an official.

If Asif's 'B' sample is also tests positive, the matter will be taken up by the IPL's drugs tribunal, comprising of Sunil Gavaskar, Dr Ravi Bapat (ex-Vice Chancellor of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences) and lawyer Shirish Gupte. The tribunal will study the issue and take a decision in accordance with the code.

Undoubtedly, the PCB will also want to take some action after this and senior board officials have already indicated that stern consequences can be expected. Asif, along with Shoaib Akhtar, had tested positive for banned steroid nandrolone in PCB's internal tests ahead of the Champions Trophy. He was banned for one year, which was overturned on appeal. Asif also cleared a dope test in August 2007 ahead of the World Twenty20 in South Africa.

The above mentioned Info is from cricinfo hope this answers your Q.

Answer 3

ICC has maintained that it's up to BCCI to take the action, and it will be closely monitoring the situation and that correct action is being taken.

Following is an excerpt from cricinfo:

The ICC, in a release, said it had been informed of the "adverse analytical finding" and that it was the responsibility of the ICC member, in this case the BCCI, to deal with the process. The ICC stated it will "be closely monitoring the situation to ensure the correct action is taken by the BCCI", and "retains a right of appeal if any penalty that may be imposed is inconsistent with the WADA code".

Answer 4

I just want ICC to take action I cant trust PCB now

Answer 5

I don't think its gonna be the ICC..........

I really do hope that PCB won't take the decision...........coz it won't be a just one.

Answer 6

ICC Or Wada will take action....

Answer 7

PCB should take action

Answer 8

ICC should take action

Answer 9

This info is from cricinfo.

Sample taken at IPL tests positive

Ajay S Shankar

July 13, 2008



Drugs in cricket



June 2008: Mohammad Asif is detained by authorities at Dubai Airport on suspicion of possessing drugs. He is released, but the PCB begins its own inquiry.

October 2006: Asif and Shoaib Akhtar are withdrawn from Pakistan's squad a day before the Champions Trophy in India after they test positive for nandrolone in an internal PCB test. Asif and Shoaib were banned, but are let off after appealing.

June 2005: Scotland bowler Asim Butt is banned for a year after he tests positive for Ecstasy, a recreational drug.

May 2005: Keith Piper, the Warwickshire wicketkeeper, is banned for the remainder of the season after failing a drugs test.

October 2004: Graham Wagg, the Warwickshire and England A allrounder, is banned from cricket until January 2006 after being found guilty of cocaine use.

February 2003: Shane Warne is sent home from the World Cup in South Africa after it's revealed that he tested positive for banned diuretics in samples provided to the Australian Sports Drugs Agency in Sydney. Warne is later handed a one-year ban.







A sample taken from random testing at the inaugural season of the Indian Premier League has tested positive, IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has confirmed to Cricinfo. This is the first step of the verification process, Modi said, and there are several stages before a player is deemed to have failed the test.

The tests were carried out by IDTM, a Sweden-based independent agency, in accordance with World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) standards after the IPL adopted the ICC's anti-doping code. The samples were forwarded to a WADA-approved laboratory in Switzerland for testing. "Two days ago the IPL received a letter from the Swiss lab, mandated by WADA, which said one sample had tested positive," Modi said. "The IPL will follow set procedures from now on."

The first step, he said, is to match the identity of the player with the sample. Next, the player's form, filled out before the match, will be scrutinised for any pre-declared or prescribed drug by the IPL medical committee, consisting of an IDTM representative and Dr Anant Joshi; if that matches the drug found in the sample, the matter ends there and the player's name won't be revealed.

If the medical committee investigation reveals the player had not applied or been granted an exemption for using the drug found in the sample, the player, the concerned IPL franchise and national board will be informed in writing of the positive test that violates the anti-doping code. The player has the right to request that his 'B' sample [supplied at the same time as the one that tested positive] be sent for analysis, which he and his representative can attend along with an IPL representative.

If that too is positive, the matter will be taken up by the IPL's drugs tribunal, comprising of Sunil Gavaskar, Dr Ravi Bapat (ex-Vice Chancellor of Maharashtra University of Health Sciences) and lawyer Shirish Gupte. The tribunal will study the issue and take a decision in accordance with the code. "This is just the procedure," Modi said, "as of now we are at the first stage where one sample has tested positive. The issue is now with the IPL's medical committee. The identity of the player will matter only after we check on the pre-declared drugs."

The ICC, in a release, said it had been informed of the "adverse analytical finding" and that it was the responsibility of the ICC member, in this case the BCCI, to deal with the process. The ICC stated it will "be closely monitoring the situation to ensure the correct action is taken by the BCCI", and "retains a right of appeal if any penalty that may be imposed is inconsistent with the WADA code".

Ajay Shankar is deputy editor of Cricinfo

© Cricinfo

Now it is confirmed that Asif is tested positive and now the matter is with above mentioned IPL body.

Answer 10

I don't think that the ICC sanctioned the IPL, so I am guessing it won't be them.  It will be up to one of the other two bodies to undoubtedly slap him on the wrist with a feather.

Answer 11

An ICC spokesman said it is up to BCCI to deal with it, so I hope dey give him da boot