Cricket

Asif tests positive in B sample

Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif’s B sample has tested positive for a banned substance, his lawyer Shahid Karim said on Tuesday. Asif, who failed a drugs test in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament in May, will appeal against the findings, Karim said.

“We are definitely going to appeal because the test results of the same samples are different,” Karim said. He added that the ‘B’ sample test conducted in Switzerland on Monday had approximately 5.4 milligrams of nandrolone traces in the urine sample while the first test had shown 6.2.

Asif was confident of winning his case on appeal. “I am not disheartened. The different results show something is wrong somewhere. We will be filing an appeal with the drugs inquiry tribunal of the Indian Premier League and we will fight this case to the end,” he said.

“I used some medicines which were prescribed to me for my elbow injury before going to the IPL. But I have not used any banned substances or drugs ever,” he added.

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