Asif Khan, the United Arab Emirates batter, has accepted a 15-month interval of ineligibility after testing optimistic for a banned substance, a metabolite of mesterolone.
The interval of ineligibility has been backdated to September 8 2025, when the out of check competitors check was carried out. It should run till 7 December 2026.
Asif, who has represented UAE in 38 ODIs and 56 T20Is since making his debut in 2022, admitted to a violation of Article 2.1 of the ICC Anti-Doping Code and accepted the sanction by means of a Case Decision Settlement with the World Anti-Doping Company and the Worldwide Cricket Council.
Asif’s particular person outcomes from September 8 2025 till the beginning of his provisional suspension on December 29 2025 have been disqualified according to the ICC Anti-Doping Code. This consists of all ensuing penalties, such because the lack of any medals, factors, prize cash or prizes.
