RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: The Pakistan Cricket Board will agree with whatever decision the Indian Premier League takes after bowler Mohammad Asif’s “B” sample test reportedly also came out positive.

“Since he played in an Indian domestic (cricket) event and was also tested there, it’s not us who are going to launch an inquiry into this case,” PCB’s chief operating officer Shafqat Naghmi told The Associated Press.”Whatever decision the IPL officials take, we will accept it,” Naghmi said.The right arm paceman tested positive for the banned substance nandrolone from a sample taken on May 30 while he was playing in the IPL for Delhi Daredevils.

On Tuesday, media reports in Pakistan quoted Asif’s lawyer Shahid Karim as saying that the “B” sample also came out positive.Asif faces a likely ban of two years. Karim, who accompanied Asif to Geneva for the “B” sample, was quoted on ARY OneWorld television as saying that there were discrepancies in the quantity of nandrolone found in the two tests.The Pakistan Cricket Board has suspended the 25-year-old Asif from playing all forms of the game and has also dropped him from next month’s Champions Trophy in Pakistan.”Unless he clears himself from this doping case, he could not represent Pakistan,” Naghmi said.Following the completion of the IPL season, Asif was detained in Dubai for weeks after airport authorities found an illegal substance. He was later released without charge.

In 2006, Asif and fellow-paceman Shoaib Akhtar were pulled out of the Champions Trophy after both tested positive for nandrolone during internal testing by the PCB.
Source:iht.com