UKagiso Rabada uhlolwe ukuthi unesidakamizwa egazini lakhe (recreational) futhi umiswe inyanga eyodwa kwikhilikithi.

UTemba Bavuma uthi uRabada kumele abhekane nemiphumela, kodwa futhi athole usizo uma eludinga.

Ukapteni wama-Proteas uTemba Bavuma weseke uKagiso Rabada ngemuva kokuthi kutholakale isidakamizwa, okubikwe ukuthi i-cocaine, ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.

“Kuyiphutha elibi kakhulu,” kusho umqeqeshi wama-Proteas uShukri Conrad. “Kodwa ukhulume iqiniso ngakho, futhi manje sekumayelana nendlela esimeseka ngayo.”

URabada wahlolwa ngesikhathi se-SA20 futhi wadonsa isigwebo sokumiswa senyanga eyodwa kusukela ngomhlaka-1 kuMbasa. Kusukela lapho usebuyele emdlalweni ne-Gujarat Titans ku-Indian Premier League futhi useqokelwe eqenjini laseNingizimu Afrika elizodlala kowamanqamu we-World Test Championship elizodlala ne-Australia e-Lord’s ngomhlaka-11 kuNtulikazi.

UConrad uvumile ukuthi uthukile ekuqaleni. “Kufana nokuthi ingane yakho yenza into ewubuwula ufuna ukubhoka ngolaka. Kodwa uRabada ube neqiniso futhi ekhululekile,” esho, kubika i-TimesLive.

Uthe uRabada kumele akhulume neqembu nabezindaba ngaphambi komdlalo wamanqamu. “Kufanele athathe ubunikazi balokhu,” kusho uConrad.

UBavuma, owazana noRabada kusukela ezinsukwini zabo ku-Gauteng Lions, uvumile.

“Kumele kube nokwamukela okwenzekile. Bese uyabuzwa: kungani ubukuleso simo? Ingabe kukhona inkinga yengqondo? Sibhekane nayo,” esho.

UBavuma uqhathanise nokwenzeka ngesikhathi emiswa ngo-2018. URabada wabuyiswa ngemuva kokubuyekezwa kodaba lakhe ngaleso sikhathi futhi wabuya ne-wicket haul yamawikhethi angu-11 kwi-Test yesibili.

“Ukukhathazeka manje kuqondene nawe,” kusho uBavuma. “Uma kunenkinga, meseke. Uma ebe budedengu, kufanele abhekane nabezindaba kanye nokuphikiswa futhi afunde kukho.”

Owayengukaputeni we-Australia uTim Paine ubuze ukuthi lesi simo sisingathwe kanjani wabiza le mfihlo ngokuthi iyabheda.” Kodwa uConrad waphendula: “Ongenasono makaphose itshe kuqala.” UPaine wesula esikhundleni ngo-2021 ngemuva kwehlazo lokuthumelelana imiyalezo ngocansi.

UBavuma uthe ezemidlalo ezikhokhelwayo zinzima ngokomqondo. “Uma enze lokhu ngenxa yengcindezi, kumele abhekane nalokho futhi aphume esengcono.”

Enezela: “Ubungane bethu buza kuqala. Ungumuntu naye. Abantu bazomahlulela, hhayi mina sonke sinamaphutha.”

Umqondisi wamaqembu esizwe u-Enoch Nkwe uthe i-Cricket South Africa izobheka ukuthuthukisa ukwesekwa kwabadlali.

“Okubalulekile ukuqinisekisa ukuthi u-KG uyasekwa bese eljngela ukudlala.”

UNkwe uphinde waveza ukuthi uRabada ufuna ukwethula uhlelo lwezemfundo ukuze axwayise abasubathi abasebancane ngobungozi abhekene nabo.

Osesithombeni esingenhla: UKagiso Rabada.

Umthombo wesithombe: Proteas