<p>   Pune Warriors cricketer Rahul Sharma t today said he will stop playing cricket if his blood test returns positive for drugs after the leg-spinner was detained from a rave party in Mumbai.</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Sharma along with Pune Warriors team-mate Wayne Parnell were among the 94 people detained by the police after a raid at Hotel Oakwoods in Juhu, Mumbai.</div>  <div>   &quot;I know I am innocent, if the reports (of blood tests) are positive, I will leave cricket,&quot; Sharma said today, adding that the team management has full trust in them. The player&#39;s blood test report is expected in the next couple of days.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/may/rahulsharma.jpg" style="width: 450px; height: 340px; " /><br />   <strong>Caught in the net: Rahul Sharma (File photo)</strong></div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;Those who know me, including my team-mates, know that I have never touched Champagne after victories. It&#39;s a big thing.&quot;</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   He refuted the allegation that he was present at a rave party at a Mumbai hotel, claiming that he had gone there to attend a birthday celebration.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   &quot;I was invited to a birthday party. Wayne Parnell was with me, I did not know that there was a rave party at the hotel,&quot; said the spinner. &quot;We reached there at around 7 in the evening and all of a sudden within half an hour of us reaching there, the police raid happened. We didn&#39;t know what was happening, I asked the police officers and they told me that a raid was in progress,&quot; he told PTI-Bhasha.</div>  <div>   u00a0</div>  <div>   &quot;We reached there at around 7 in the evening and all of a sudden within half an hour of us reaching there, the police raid happened. We didn&#39;t know what was happening, I asked the police officers and they told me that a raid was in progress,&quot; he said.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Sharma said he has been cooperative with the police and claimed that he has never touched alcohol. &quot;We have cooperated with the police and have even given medical tests. I belong to a simple family and have not even had a beer in my life, where does the question of attending a rave party arise?&quot; he asked.u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;I have told everything to the team management and things would be clear once the medical report comes out,&quot; he said. Police detained 96 people after the raid at the hotel late last night.u00a0</div>  

The Pune Warriors cricketer says he will leave the game if he tests positive for alcohol or drugs.

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