“It smells”: Cagiso Rabada was slammed by former Australia Captain despite ‘drug use’ despite Rabada’s IPL return

Titans in Gujarat and Pesar Kagiso Rabada Indian Premier League (IPL) of South Africa are fully prepared to make their comeback in the 2025 season, a month later when he left the T20 league. When he was approved to make his comeback in the cricket field, Rabada issued a statement, revealing that it was due to the ‘entertaining drug usage’ that he was suspended from the game. Until the statement, the reason behind his absence from the IPL was labeled as the ‘personal issue’. However, former Australia captain Tim Pine is not happy with the way the real picture was hidden from the public.

Speaking at the Sen Radio Breakfast Show, Pine slammed the authorities to pursue the Rabada-Drag episode under the veins. Already after serving his ban, Paper is eligible to play for Gujarat Titans in IPL, as well as South Africa in the World Test Championship Final.

“It smells smells. I do not like this use around personal issues, and it is being used to hide the goods that are not a personal issue. If you have a professional player, who is tested for recreational medicines during a tournament, in which he is playing, then it does not come under personal issues for me. It is happening in your personal life.

“Taking drugs – entertaining or performing performance – is not a personal issue that can be hidden for just one month. A man can be taken out of the IPL, South Africa can be taken back, and we allow it to slide it under the rug. Then we will bring him back once.

However, it has been clarified that Rabada took entertaining drugs, not demonstrations. It is still not clear what he really consumes. The length of their ban and the identity of the imposed officers is not known either.

“Not only will he play against Australia in the World Test Championship, but he is now available to play in the IPL,” Pine said. “Nobody knew what he was taken, what was given to him, or the body that was organizing it.

“If he is going to get drugs and being caught doing so, I think people are worth knowing what he is taken, how long he is being rubbed, and who approved it (suspension). People need to keep in account for goods in this way.”