KARACHI, June 20: The Organising Committee of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) will be carrying out dope test of the players of various teams during the 9th Asian Cup cricket tournament starting simultaneously in Lahore and Karachi from June 24.

According to reliable reports gathered on Friday, the ACC has acquired the services of experts in carrying out these dope tests of the players as per the ruling of International Cricket Council (ICC) and World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).

All the regulations of WADA will be applied when conducting these tests. The samples will be sent to Malaysia, Thailand or China where doping control facilities are available.

A couple of players of each team after every match will be asked to undergo doping procedure.

Two of Pakistan’s top fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif rocked the cricketing world after they tested positive for using banned drugs nandrolone when PCB conducted internal dope tests just before the Champions Trophy held in India 2006.

The PCB imposed bans on both Shoaib and Asif but later, an appellate tribunal overturned it. — APP