Prithvi Shaw recalls doping violation ban: Didn’t step out of my room for a month, worried about perception

India opener Prithvi Shaw opened up about the mental impact that the doping ban had on him in 2019. The Delhi Capitals batsman conceded that his careless approach led to the ban and he was worried about people's perception.

India opener Prithvi Shaw recalled his doping violation ban from 2019, saying it was the toughest phase of his life. The young Mumbai batsman was handed a backdated ban of 8 months after the Indian Premier League in 2019 after failing a doping test in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy earlier that year. The BCCI had said that Shaw had "inadvertently ingested a prohibited substance, which can be commonly found in cough syrups. The India opener missed home series against Bangladesh and South Africa and was not part of India's Test set-up for more than a year. Shaw escaped a lengthy ban as the BCCI was satisfied with Prithvi's explanation that he had taken Terbutaline inadvertently to treat a Respiratory Tract Infection and not as a performance-enhancing drug. My dad and I are responsible: Shaw