South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada has left his IPL team Gujarat Titans to return home due to personal reasons, the franchise said in a statement on Thursday.
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The pace bowler missed Gujarat’s eight-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Wednesday after he played the first two matches for the team in the T20 tournament.
‘Personal matter’
“Kagiso Rabada has returned to South Africa to deal with an important personal matter,” Gujarat said in a statement.
Rabada, 29, took a wicket each in his two outings at the team’s home at the world’s biggest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad.
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Gujarat, led by Shubman Gill and who won a title in their debut season in 2022, have won two and lost one of their three matches in this edition.
The Indian Premier League involves 10 teams packing 70 league matches into eight weeks before the top four battle for supremacy in the playoffs, culminating in the May 25 final in Kolkata.
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By Garrin Lambley © Agence France-Presse
