Cape Town, May 5 -- South Africa bowler Kagiso Rabada has been cleared to return to cricket, having served a one-month ban for taking a recreational drug.
The 29-year-old said he had "returned an adverse analytical finding for the use of a recreational drug" and was serving a provisional ban.
The South African Institute For Drug-Free Sport (Saids) has confirmed Rabada tested positive for a "substance of abuse" on January 21 during the SA20 T20 competition and was notified on April 1.
Such substances carry a three-month suspension, reduced to one if the athlete completes a treatment programme.
It means Rabada, one of the world's best fast bowlers, is free to return to the Indian Premier League and will be available for South Africa for t...