Overview
- An out-of-competition sample collected on 8 September 2025 tested positive for a metabolite of mesterolone, a synthetic androgen on the WADA Prohibited List.
- Khan acknowledged an Article 2.1 breach and accepted a Case Resolution Agreement with the ICC and WADA, avoiding a formal hearing.
- The ICC imposed a 15-month period of ineligibility that runs from 8 September 2025 to 7 December 2026, and all his individual results from 8 September to 29 December 2025 have been disqualified.
- Any medals, points, prize money or prizes earned during the disqualified window are forfeited, and a provisional suspension was previously imposed on 29 December 2025.
- Sources differ on return-to-training timing—one report says he may use team facilities from 8 October 2026 with match eligibility from 8 December 2026 while another says both training and play resume from 8 December 2026—leaving a short window for match preparation before full reinstatement.