EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE DELHI THE HINDU 20 SPORT WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2019 EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Shaw hits a road bump, gets suspended Attention shifts to new faces Promising India opener banned till November 15 for ‘inadvertent’ violation, along with two others in the T20I mix D OPE TAINT According to the detailed document, Shaw, suffering An opportunity for them to establish their skill sets, Amol Karhadkar from cough, consulted his for me to get them together, says Kohli MUMBAI father over phone who ad­ Promising India opening bat­ vised him to seek a pharma­ I NDIA IN WI sman Prithvi Shaw has been cist’s advice for a cough sy­ suspended till November 15 rup. Shaw then bought a Amol Karhadkar for inadvertently violating cough syrup over the counter MUMBAI and didn’t check for its anti­ the Board of Control for After an intense spell of vir­ doping compliance. As a re­ Cricket in India’s (BCCI’s) an­ tually non­stop ODI action sult, the BCCI was lenient on ti­doping norms by consum­ on either side of the Indian Shaw for unknowingly ingest­ ing an over­the­counter Premier League (IPL), many ing a banned substance. cough syrup in February this would have thought that all­ year. format regulars would be gi­ Latest setback In a statement released on ven a break for the limited­ The doping episode is the lat­ Tuesday, the BCCI confirmed over leg of India’s series est setback in a series of that Shaw has been suspend­ against the West Indies, blows for Shaw, who has ed for eight months after be­ starting August 3. been on a downhill ever since ing found to have ingested But seven of the the 15 marking his Test debut as a terbutaline, a substance pro­ cricketers who boarded a teenager with a scintillating hibited under the BCCI anti­ flight on Monday night for hundred against the West In­ doping regulations (ADR), the three­match T20 series dies in Rajkot in October during Mumbai’s Syed Mush­ had featured in India’s 2018. Then, Shaw suffered an taq Ali Trophy campaign in World Cup campaign. ankle injury during a tour Indore in February. game ahead of India’s Test se­ More than these seven, The BCCI also sanctioned ries in Australia in November. the next couple of weeks will Akshay Dullarwar, Vidarbha’s be vital for the eight players Shaw was sent back home Under­23 cricketer, and Ra­ who have been on the fringe midway through the series, jasthan Under­19 cricketer Di­ of India’s white­ball squad fuelling speculation over his vya Gajraj for inadvertent vio­ for a while. over­the­top lifestyle having lations of its anti­doping affected his recovery. After They would be eager to policy. returning to the field during make a statement as India the Mushtaq Ali Trophy and starts its long road of prepa­ Backdated the Indian Premier League, ration ahead of the next Stage set: Khaleel Ahmed, India’s back­up seamer for some “The eight­month period of Shaw last featured in a com­ year’s World T20I, to be time, will be keen to grab the chance with both hands and come to the forefront. * FILE PHOTO: RITU RAJ KONWAR Ineligibility will be deemed to petitive match during the played in Australia in Octob­ have started to run on 16th Mumbai T20 League in May. er 2020. March 2019, so that it will end The episode also exposes Of the eight, Shreyas Iyer at midnight on 15th Novem­ the lack of anti­doping train­ and Manish Pandey were in ber 2019,” the statement ing to Indian cricketers. A contention for a middle­or­ read. “… Mr. Shaw may re­ First Class regular for Mum­ der slot for the World Cup turn to train with his State bai, India Under­19 captain before they fell off the radar; team and/or to use the facili­ and a Test entrant last year, Krunal Pandya and Washing­ ties of any club or other Shaw consulting an unknown ton Sundar have been tried member organisation of the pharmacist during a tourna­ out for the the spin­bowling BCCI after midnight on 15th ment is surprising. That too, allrounder’s spot in T20Is; tant time to regroup and September 2019.” when he was with the Mum­ and Khaleel Ahmed and come together as a side,” According to the detailed bai team, when he should Deepak Chahar have been Kohli said. back­up seamers in white­ decision document signed by have first consulted the team Turbulent times: For Prithvi Shaw, the punishment for the doping offence follows an extended ball cricket for more than a Dr. Abhijit Salvi, BCCI’s anti­ doctor and the manager. period of injury woes. * FILE PHOTO: K.R. DEEPAK Need to move on doping manager, Shaw’s year now. “There is a T20 World Cup urine sample collected after The only two new faces — next year, there is always so­ Mumbai’s game against Pun­ right­arm pacer Navdeep mething to look forward. jab at Indore on February 22 Saini and leggie Rahul Cha­ “I know we were all disap­ returned positive. har — would be more than pointed with not going “The BCCI is satisfied with keen on continuing their IPL through to the final and and India­A exploits in the Mr. Shaw’s explanation that Manish Pandey. probably winning the World he had taken Terbutaline in­ India jersey. Cup. advertently to treat an Respi­ <> I think it is an “But you have to move on ratory Tract Infection and not Huge boost important time to and you to have accept de­ as a performance­enhancing Captain Virat Kohli and his regroup and come feat as well and look forward drug. Having considered all deputy in white­ball formats together as a side to new things. It is an oppor­ Rohit Sharma’s presence of the evidence and taken Virat Kohli tunity for them to establish expert external advice, the will be a huge boost for the their skill sets, for me as a BCCI has accepted Mr. Shaw’s relatively young bunch. The cycle in ODIs. Kohli had no captain to have new players explanation of the cause of two will keep a close watch qualms in admitting it on in the side and get them to­ his ADRV and, on that basis, on the newcomers. Monday evening. gether. has agreed that a period of in­ After all, not only does “From the point of view I think international crick­ eligibility of eight months the West Indies tour kick off of us not making it to the fi­ et always presents you with should apply, together with the World T20I preparation nal of the World Cup and opportunities and challeng­ disqualification of certain re­ but it also signifies the begin­ bowing out (in the semifi­ es which I always look for­ sults,” read the statement. ning of the new World Cup nals), I think it is an impor­ ward to.” Mavericks pulverise Paltan Gough, Wilson Test cricket’s milestone seeks in ICC elite to get rid of a millstone Matilda and Sanil play key roles in the 11­4 win umpires panel UTT came together to add two Thereafter it was the turn more points by defeating of 53rd­ranked Benedikt Du­ Press Trust of India Dubai The first experiment with ‘world’ Test championship in 1912 was anything but a success R AKESH RAO Harmeet Desai and Sabine da to produce what was NEW DELHI Winter. clearly the performance of The International Cricket this season. Facing 28th­ Council on Tuesday named It took two left­handers, Trailing 2­7, Paltan looked jaw all night,” said Hill, “and I’ll give again. By the mid­90s, there were nine ranked Chaung, Duda fired Michael Gough of England Swede Matilda Ekholm and at skipper Desai to tame un­ you one.” The action went on for some Test­playing countries, and when Mat­ on both flanks, played with and Joel Wilson of the West Sanil Shetty, to bring back derdog Shetty but that was 20 minutes before the men broke away thew Engel, the editor, called for a Test astounding rhythm and Indies in the Emirates ICC RP­SG Mavericks, Kolkata, not to be. With Desai under and attended to their injuries. Then championship, the so­called ‘Wisden pulled off the first two Elite Panel of Umpires for on the right track in the Ulti­ pressure, Shetty rallied to they sat down to pick the team. It need­ Plan’ was well received. games. In the third, Chaung 2019­20 season following mate Table Tennis League win 2­1, claiming ‘golden ed some serious work since Australia Engel’s plan envisaged a single Test gained some consolation. the annual review and se­ here on Tuesday. point’ twice in succession. had lost the previous series (at home) home and away. That was modified to a The 1­2 reverse in the lection process. BETWEEN WICKETS After a 4­11 drubbing at Thereafter it was left to 1­4 to England. four year cycle where the semifinalists mixed doubles deflated Pal­ They replace retired um­ the hands of Goa Challen­ Commonwealth Games gold suresh menon But there was no compromise and met in England to decide the winners. tan once Shetty and Matilda, pire Ian Gould and S. Ravi. gers, Mavericks needed a big medallist Manika Batra to in­ Australia came to England with a wea­ The tournament in 2017 was to be held both playing with a left­ win over formidable Puneri crease the winning margin.