The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday rejected the contention of the World Anti-Doping Agency in Pakistan that it has violated of the global body's rules by prematurely identifying Pakistani paceman Mohammad Asif who failed a dope test during the Indian Premier League in India.
BCCI's chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty said the Board has followed all the correct procedures and 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 exercise the choice for his 'B' sample test and can be asked to be physically present when the sample was tested," he said.
"However, if the player is not named, how do we ask the player to be present to give an option along with the representative during the test? I don't think there is anything wrong in that procedure", he added.
Earlier in the day, WADA representative in Pakistan Danish Zaheer, who also heads the Pakistan Sports Medicine Association, said "the announcement by the IPL is a clear violation of WADA regulations".
He is of the view that the IPL has violated the WADA code by prematurely disclosing Asif's name.
