new delhi former india allrounder yusuf pathan has been suspended by the board of control for india in cricket bcci for five months on the grounds of a doping violation the bcci hours after it was reported that it had instructed the baroda cricket association to not select him for the recently concluded ranji trophy released a statement tuesday revealing that the 35yearold had inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance which can be commonly found in cough syrupsthe bcci has backdated the suspension from 15 august 2017 effectively meaning it will end on 14 january 2018read this story in gujarati herepathan had provided a urine sample as part of the bccis antidoping testing program during a domestic t20 competition on 16 march 2017 in new delhi his sample was subsequently tested and found to contain terbutaline terbutaline a specified substance is prohibited both in out of competition in the wada prohibited list of substances said the bcci release read this story in marathi hereon 27 october 2017 pathan was charged with the commission of an antidoping rule violation adrv under the bcci antidoping rules adr article 21 and provisionally suspended pending determination of the charge mr pathan responded to the charge by admitting the adrv and asserting that it was caused by his ingestion of a medication containing terbutaline that had been mistakenly given to him instead of the medication prescribed for him which did not contain any prohibited substancethe board stated that it was satisfied with pathans explanation that he had taken the banned substance terbutaline inadvertently while undergoing treatment for an upper respiratory tract infection urti and not as a performanceenhancing drug the bcci subsequently accepted his explanation of the cause of his adrv and suspended him for five months along with the disqualification of certain results added the bcci release under bcci adr article 10103 pathan is entitled to the full credit against that period of ineligibility for the provisional suspension that he has been serving since 28 october 2017 in addition there is discretion under bcci adr article 10102 to backdate the start date of the period of ineligibility still further on account of mr pathans prompt admission of his adrv upon being confronted with it by the bcci and under bcci adr article 10101 on account of the delays in the results management in this case that are not attributable to mr pathan in all of the circumstances the fivemonth period of ineligibility will be deemed to have started to run on 15 august 2017 and end at midnight on 14 january 2018pathan played 57 odis and 22 t20is for india between 2008 and 2012 and was part of the squads that won the inaugural icc world twenty20 in 2007 and the 50over world cup in 2011 he featured in two of barodas ranjit trophy matches in october watch yusuf pathan suspended for doping violation by bcci