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Former Australian captain Tim Paine criticized the lack of transparency in connection with Kagiso Rabada's positive drug test. Paine believes that the incident under the guise of “personal problems should not be hidden.

New -Delhi: Former Australia skipper Tim Paine came up with the confidentiality around Kagiso Rabada's failed drug test and called for the full disclosure of the authorities who handle the matter.

In a shocking announcement last weekend, the South African Pacer revealed that it served a provisional suspension after being positively on a forbidden leisure drug. Rabada had traveled home last month after playing only two Indian Premier League (IPL) -Mlies for Gujarat Titans, citing personal reasons.

Paine condemns the confidentiality that surrounds Rabada's failed drug test

“It stinks. I don't like this use personal problems and it is used to hide things that are not a personal problem,” said Paine. 'Sen radio'On Monday.

“If you have a professional athlete who is tested for leisure drugs during a tournament where he plays, this does not fall under personal problems for me.

“That falls under them. You have broken your contract. This is not a personal problem; that is something that happens in your personal life,” he added.

Rabada tested positively for the forbidden substance during the Sat20 league in January.

“Drug consumption – leisure or performance improvement – is not a personal problem that can only be hidden for a month. A man can be removed from the IPL, withdrawn to South Africa and we simply slip under the carpet. Then we will bring it back as soon as he is already served his ban,” said Paine.

Rabada's potential return to cricket in the middle of controversy

According to the code and regulations of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada), the punishment quality for the use of leisure medication between three months and four years could be.

The time frame of Rabada's return to action is still not confirmed, but the reports make the ends that he may play against Australia for South Africa in June at the World Test Championship (WTC).

Rabada is an important player for the proteas to win their first ICC title. In all three formats, including 70 tests, he played 241 international games for South Africa.

“Not only play against Australia in the world test championship, but he can now play in the IPL. Nobody knew what he took, what was given to him or who was the organizational committee who supervised it.

“When he is taking drugs and caught, I think that people deserve to know what he has taken, how long he will be rubbed and who sanctioned them. People have to be held to explain things like that,” added Paine.

Wada regulations and potential punishments for drug use leisure medication

Drugs such as cocaine, heroin, MDMA and cannabis fall into the category of “abuse substances”. Wada acknowledges that they can be used for reasons that do not related to the improvement of sports performance.

The use of such substances has a maximum ban on a four -year, but if an athlete can see that the use has occurred outside of the competition and is not directly related to the performance, the ban could be reduced to three months without the need to continue to be examined.

The ban on the athlete can continue to be reduced to two months if he is ready to undergo a rehabilitation and treatment program that is approved by the South African anti-doping body.

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