Archive · 6 Jan 2026
Uttarakhand Cricketer Rajan Kumar Fails Dope Test
A cricketer named Rajan Kumar from Uttarakhand failed a dope test.
He played in a match on December 8, 2025, and his test showed he had some bad substances in his body.
These substances are called anabolic steroids and Clomifene.
The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has suspended him for now.
Not many cricketers have failed dope tests before.
Another athlete, Dhanalakshmi Sekar, a sprinter, was also banned for eight years because she failed a dope test for the second time.
She had already been banned for three years earlier.
Uttarakhand cricketer Rajan Kumar failed a dope test for anabolic steroids and Clomifene.
Kumar's sample was taken during a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group D match on December 8, 2025, in Ahmedabad.
The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has provisionally suspended Kumar.
Cricketers rarely fail dope tests; previous cases include Anshula Rao in 2020 and Prithvi Shaw in 2019.
Tamil Nadu sprinter Dhanalakshmi Sekar received an eight-year ban for her second dope offence, effective from September 9, 2025.
- Who
- Uttarakhand cricketer Rajan Kumar
- What
- Failed a dope test for anabolic steroids and Clomifene
- When
- Sample taken during a match on December 8, 2025
- Where
- Ahmedabad, India
- Why
- Substances found in his dope sample
- Athlete
- Rajan Kumar
- Sport
- Cricket
- Substances Found
- Drostanolone, Metenolone, Clomifene
- Match
- Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group D
- Date of Match
- December 8, 2025
- Agency
- National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA)
- Status
- Provisional Suspension