ICC bans UAE batter Asif Khan for 15 months over doping violation
Asif Khan receives a 15-month ICC ban after testing positive for a banned steroid metabolite in September 2025.
The International Cricket Council handed UAE batter Asif Khan a 15-month ban after he tested positive for a metabolite of mesterolone in a sample taken on September 8, 2025. The Pakistan-born player, who has played 94 matches for the UAE, accepted the sanction once he admitted the violation.
Mesterolone is an anabolic steroid that boosts testosterone. The out-of-competition test came two days before the UAE were due to face India in the Asia Cup.
Khan is the latest UAE cricketer to draw a long suspension for a banned substance, and the timing leaves the ban hanging over several upcoming bilateral series.
CricHubb Take
The suspension lands just as UAE are trying to rebuild middle-order depth after losing several players to the franchise T20 circuit.