7 Infamous incidents when cricketers were banned for doping

5. Upul Tharanga consumed prednisone and prednisolone: 

The Sri Lankan was banned from the sport for three months in 2011 after testing positive for two banned glucocorticosteroids – prednisone and prednisolone during the World Cup that year. He pleaded guilty after claiming he had ingested the banned substance in an herbal remedy. He was banned for three months for the violation. Tharanga has played 180 ODIs and 21 Tests for the national time since his debut in 2005.