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Kusal asked for explanation

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Cricketer Kusal Janith Perera has been asked to make an explanation within seven days regarding his being tested positive for a banned substance, said director of the anti-doping agency.

The ICC will decide its course of action depending on Kusal’s explanation, said Jayawickrama.

He said Kusal can apply for a ‘B’ sample test.

If found guilty, the cricketer will be disciplinarily dealt with by the ICC, according to him.

Kusal has played 51 ODIs for Sri Lanka, scoring 1,259 runs, and aggregated 596 runs in 22 T-20s.

He was the second highest run scorer in the recent series with Pakistan, during which he scored the second fastest ODI fifty.

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