BCCI has banned Prithvi Shah for 8 months in 2019 for failing to pass the doping test. Prithvi Shah was banned from backdate due to which she made a comeback in 4 months. After this, the 21-year-old young batsman made a good comeback in domestic cricket. He was included in the Test series and ODI series against New Zealand. Prithvi Shah International after the ban was lifted
He has played cricket.
Shah, speaking to Cricket, said he had a cold and flu while playing the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in February 2019. Then his father asked him to take cough syrup. Little did they know that this medicine was on the list of banned substances. Because of this he was convicted for doping violations.
He and I were responsible for the cough syrup controversy, he said. In Indore we played the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and I remember I had a cold and a cough at the time. I ‘m out. When I called my father that I was coughing and cold. They asked me to take Kapha syrup off the market. At the time, I made the mistake of not completely mistaking my physics.
He said that I had taken the medicine for two days. I had a dope test the third day. When I found myself positive about consuming a banned substance. It was a very difficult time for me, it cannot be described in words. I was reading about myself everywhere. I was worried about what people would think of me. Then I moved to London to get away from all this. Even there, I didn’t get much out of my room.
Shah returned after the ban and played 3 ODIs and two Tests. He was dropped from the squad after playing the first Test on Australia’s 2020-21 tour. He was not selected for the home series against England. But after that he shouted at Vijay Hazare Trophy and IPL 2021.
