{"id":22286,"date":"2025-05-03T21:23:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T15:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=594079"},"modified":"2025-05-03T21:23:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T15:53:42","slug":"i-am-deeply-sorry-to-all-those-that-i-have-let-down-kagiso-rabada-breaks-silence-on-drug-use-eyes-ipl-return-with-gujarat-titans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/ipl\/i-am-deeply-sorry-to-all-those-that-i-have-let-down-kagiso-rabada-breaks-silence-on-drug-use-eyes-ipl-return-with-gujarat-titans\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI am deeply sorry to all those that I have let down\u201d: Kagiso Rabada breaks silence on drug use, eyes IPL return with Gujarat Titans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"538\">South African pacer <strong data-start=\"194\" data-end=\"211\">Kagiso Rabada<\/strong> has revealed that his absence from the IPL 2025 season was due to a provisional suspension following a positive test for a <strong data-start=\"335\" data-end=\"356\">recreational drug<\/strong>. The 28-year-old speedster had played just two matches for <strong data-start=\"416\" data-end=\"434\">Gujarat Titans<\/strong> before flying back home on April 3, with the franchise initially citing an \u201cimportant personal matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"933\">In a statement issued via the <strong data-start=\"570\" data-end=\"618\">South African Cricketers\u2019 Association (SACA)<\/strong>, Rabada admitted to returning an adverse analytical finding and acknowledged he was \u201cdeeply sorry\u201d for letting down his fans, teammates, and the cricket community. The specific substance has not been disclosed, but Rabada\u2019s month-long absence aligns with past recreational drug-related suspensions in global sport.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"935\" data-end=\"1162\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"937\" data-end=\"1162\">\u201cThis privilege is much larger than me. It goes beyond my personal aspirations,\u201d Rabada said, thanking his family, agent, Cricket South Africa, SACA, and Gujarat Titans for their support.<br data-start=\"1124\" data-end=\"1127\" \/>\u201cThis moment will not define me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1164\" data-end=\"1355\">Cricbuzz reports that Rabada is now en route back to India and may rejoin <strong data-start=\"1238\" data-end=\"1257\">GT\u2019s squad soon<\/strong>, potentially even for their upcoming clash against <strong data-start=\"1309\" data-end=\"1327\">Mumbai Indians<\/strong> at the Wankhede on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1357\" data-end=\"1602\">Despite his absence, Gujarat Titans have performed impressively \u2014 winning <strong data-start=\"1431\" data-end=\"1454\">7 out of 10 matches<\/strong> and sitting second on the points table. However, with the playoffs in sight, Rabada\u2019s return could provide a timely boost to their bowling arsenal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1604\" data-end=\"1739\">The USD 1.28 million signing remains a key figure in the squad, and fans will be watching closely to see when he takes the field again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South African pacer Kagiso Rabada has revealed that his absence from the IPL 2025 season was due to a provisional\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":42545,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[835],"class_list":["post-22286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ipl","tag-kagiso-rabada"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}