Pakistani opener Ahmed Shehzad tested positive for doping, several reports in the media said on Wednesday. The PCB has confirmed a cricketer was found consuming banned but refrained from naming him.
A player has reportedly tested positive for a prohibited substance. But under ICC rules PCB cannot name the player or chargesheet him until the chemical report is CONFIRMED by the Anti-Dope Agency of the government. We should have an answer in a day or two.
— PCB Media (@TheRealPCBMedia) June 20, 2018
But Senior Journalist Zainab Abbas cited that Shehzad was tested positive for use of Marijuana.
BREAKING NEWS,AHMAD SHAZAD DOPE TEST POSITIVE,PCB CONFIRMS
— Saleem Khaliq (@saleemkhaliq) June 20, 2018
The 26-year-old Pakistani opener Shehzad was recently played Pakistan's two-match T20I series against Scotland.
Pakistani cricketer had played for eventual Pakistan Cup champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In his domestic career Shahzad slammed three fifties and a century where he scored 372 runs.