Kagiso Rabada Moving On From Drug Episode: 'I'll Never Be Mr-I-Apologise-Too-Much'

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Last Updated:May 31, 2025, 22:10 IST

Kagiso Rabada is aiming to determination connected from his cause prohibition but emphasises he'll ne'er beryllium 'Mr-I-Apologise-Too-Much'.

Kagiso Rabada volition play for South Africa successful the WTC 2025 Final (Picture Credit: PTI)

South African prima Kagiso Rabada is ‘glad to beryllium playing again’ aft his one-month prohibition for recreational cause use, but astatine the aforesaid time, he’s looking guardant to wholly moving connected from the episode. Speaking connected Saturday (May 1), weeks earlier the 2025 World Test Championship Final, helium emphasised that though he’ll ne'er condone what helium did, he’ll besides not beryllium a ‘Mr-I-Apologise-Too-Much’.

Rabada tested affirmative and accepted the prohibition during IPL 2025. He near the Gujarat Titans campy midway done the play and returned to South Africa. The accusation was revealed to the media erstwhile helium was adjacent to finishing the prohibition and rejoined the Titans camp, though helium didn’t diagnostic much. He volition beryllium eligible to play for the state from June, allowing him to play the acme clash against Australia astatine Lord’s from June 11 to 15.

“I’m conscionable gladsome to beryllium playing again," Rabada was quoted arsenic saying by the Daily Star. “The process was handled truly good … I think, arsenic a player, and a man, radical volition person their antithetic opinions. I tin unrecorded with that. There are immoderate radical who would person been disappointed and to those radical I’m profoundly atrocious … The radical closest to maine are the ones I felt I fto down. But beingness moves on. I’ll ne'er beryllium ‘Mr-I-Apologise-Too-Much’. But I’ll ne'er condone that action," helium added.

Rabada added that helium has continued to talk to his Proteas teammates and volition bash truthful implicit time.

“I deliberation I beryllium it to them (to speech astir what happened)," helium said. “They’re my squad mates. We’ve travel from truthful far. I’ve already spoken to them and I conjecture we tin bash truthful successful much item erstwhile we get unneurotic for an extended magnitude of time."

The Titans mislaid retired connected the contention for the IPL 2025 rubric aft a 20-run decision to the Mumbai Indians successful the Eliminator.

South Africa squad for the WTC last against Australia: Temba Bavuma (c), Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Corbin Bosch, Kyle Verreynne, David Bedingham, Tristan Stubbs, Ryan Rickelton, Senuran Muthusamy, Dane Paterson.

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