Cricket

Asif seeks change of date for hearing

Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif on Thursday sought postponement of the date (August 30) for him to appear before the drugs tribunal of the Indian Premier League for a preliminary hearing on his dope flunk.

Asif’s lawyer, Shahid Karim said his client sought a mid September date as the pacer would not be able to reach India by Saturday as certain formalities are yet to be completed.

“We have been given a tentative date by IPL. They want us to come to India on August 30 but I have replied to them that it wasn’t possible,” Karim said. “There are certain formalities to be completed before appearing in front of the tribunal in India. They should fix the date by middle of September.”

Asif had asked for a hearing from the IPL tribunal after his ‘A’ and ‘B samples, despite coming positive for steroid nandrolone, produced different results in terms of amount of the banned substance.

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