Gaekwad: Threatened to sue

Gaekwad, who was Indian coach for three years, has threatened to sue the magazine, saying his quotes had been taken out of context.

"I generally talked about energy-replacement drinks which, in any case, are taken on the field in full public view," said the former Test cricketer.

"At no point did I mention the use of performance-enhancing drugs."

South African Leipus, who has been with the Indian team for two years, said the claims were unrealistic.

"Indian cricketers do not push themselves to their genetic potential. Steroids help people in the gym enormously. If you are into heavy weight training, steroids will help you a lot.

"But our guys, when in the gym, don't train so hard. Their training is not really intensive," he said.

"Whoever has put out that story has little or no knowledge of the difference between diet supplements and steroids.

"Just throwing some technical jargon about performance-enhancing drugs into a story to make it sound sensational is a sad act, I reckon.

To use steroids after such irregular workouts would be simply wasting their time

Andrew Leipus