We’ve been taught the opposite, but not all doping transgressions are equal

We’ve been taught the opposite, but not all doping transgressions are equal

Confusion and anger followed the secretive one-month ban served by Kagiso Rabada. But it is a good example of the sort of pragmatism the global anti-doping effort has been crying out for.

IPL 2025: Revealed! Kagiso Rabada Copped Ban For Cocaine Use Amid His Stint With Gujarat Titans, Claims Report

According to newspaper Rapport, the urine sample provided by Rabada on January 21 after MI Cape Town's game against the Durban Super Giants showed traces of the drug. Rabada has played only two matches in IPL 2025.

How Rabada avoided lengthy drugs ban

Kagiso Rabada’s legal team helped to ensure the Proteas fast bowler only served a one-month suspension for recreational drug use. According to Rapport, the urine sample Rabada provided on 21 January after MI Cape Town’s SA20 match against Durban’s Super Giants at Kingsmead showed traces of benzoylecgonine (BZE), a metabolite of cocaine. Rabada’s legal team was able to prove that he had used the cocaine out of competition as the concentration was…