New Delhi: The BCCI has denied the World Anti Doping Agency's (WADA) claim of violation of rules. WADA says BCCI was premature in identifying Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif before the testing of his 'B' sample.
BCCI's Ratnakar Shetty however has said the Board had taken the right step by naming Asif.
The procedure is that once the report of dope test was received, the player has to be identified and can be asked whether he will want his 'B' sample tested. The player can be asked to be physically present when the sample is tested. However, none of this was done.
Earlier in the day, WADA representative in Pakistan, Danish Zaheer - who also heads the Pakistan Sports Medicine Association - had called the "the announcement by the IPL a clear violation of WADA regulations".
Asif dropped from Champions Trophy
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday made it clear that it would not support embattled paceman Mohammad Asif, who has again been caught in a doping scandal and faces a possible two-year ban.
Asif, who tested positive for nandrolone during the 2006 Champions Trophy but was cleared by a PCB tribunal later, finds himself in another dope scandal after it was disclosed that he had failed a dope test during the Indian Premier League.
Shafqat Naghmi, the chief operating officer of the Board, said the PCB would not be supporting Asif in fighting the current case.
"We are extremely upset and disappointed at this latest controversy and we have no intentions of supporting Asif in this case," he said.
The Cricket Board has immediately dropped Asif from the list of probables for the Champions Trophy.
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