 Steyn's side lost out in the final of the IPL to the Deccan Chargers |
Lalit Modi has insisted that Dale Steyn did not return an abnormal drugs test during the Indian Premier League.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) had ear! lier stated that fast-bowler Steyn had been asked to explain a sample that included higher than normal amounts of morphine.
However IPL chairman and commissioner Modi stated that there had been no positive drugs tests recorded.
"Our anti-doping agency has not given us any input that Steyn or any other player failed a test," Modi said.
The CSA had contacted Steyn with concerns over a sample taken while the 26-year-old was playing for the Bangalore Royal Challengers in this year's competition.
However South Africa team doctor Mohammad Moosajee believes painkillers taken for migraines are behind Steyn's result.
"This is an adverse analytical finding and that is totally different from a doping violation," said Moosajee.
Steyn has replied to an enquiry into his results from t! he IPL's doping authorities and CSA are now following up the case with their Indian counterparts.
"Since last summer Dale has been laid low by chronic migraines and has been taking a codeine painkiller called Myprodol," added Moosajee.
"The normal level of morphine is one microgram (per ml), Dale was at around 1.1 to 1.3.
"Because he was slightly above the level, they wanted to know why. A letter has been written to the IPL and we are awaiting the reply."
Steyn, who has previously played for Essex and Warwickshire, was keeping a written record of the medication he was taking and Moosajee believes that a difference in the branding of Myprodol between India and South Africa may have contributed to his abnormal results.
