**Dope scandal
Sample taken at IPL tests positive
Ajay S Shankar
July 13, 2008**
A sample taken from random testing at the inaugural season of the IPL 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 under the supervision of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), after the IPL adopted the ICC’s code on doping. “Two days ago the IPL received a letter from a Swiss agency, 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; if that matches the drug found in the sample, the matter ends there.
If not, the player is informed and a ‘B’ sample is sent for testing, Modi said. If that, too, is positive the matter will be taken up by the IPL’s drugs tribunal, comprising a leading doctor, a former cricketer and a lawyer. The committee will study the issue and take a decision, for which there will be a separate appeals tribunal.
“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”.
Source: CricInfo
Who could have done such a thing? :naraz: