Upal Tharanga to face ICC doping panel
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka opener Upul Tharanga will appear at an International Cricket Council (ICC) hearing later this week to answer doping charges, officials said on Monday.
Tharanga tested positive for a banned drug after Sri Lanka’s World Cup semi-final against New Zealand in March, and will face the panel at the ICC headquarters in Dubai on Friday.
Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga said Tharanga’s case was fixed for June 24 and local media reported that the 26-year-old had already hired a lawyer to defend him at the hearing.
The batsman has claimed he was given a steroid by a high-profile Colombo-based faith healer, who also treats other international players, for an asthma-related problem.
Tharanga tested positive for a banned drug after Sri Lanka’s World Cup semi-final against New Zealand in March, and will face the panel at the ICC headquarters in Dubai on Friday.
Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga said Tharanga’s case was fixed for June 24 and local media reported that the 26-year-old had already hired a lawyer to defend him at the hearing.
The batsman has claimed he was given a steroid by a high-profile Colombo-based faith healer, who also treats other international players, for an asthma-related problem.
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