Gujarat Titans star pacer Kagiso Rabada is caught in a controversy after recently revealed he’s serving suspension for having tested positive for recreational drug during SA20 earlier this year. Rabada, one of the finest pacers of the modern era, had abruptly left IPL 2025 last month for South Africa missing nearly a month of the franchise tournament. GT Director of Cricket Vikram Solanki has thrown his weight behind Rabada saying the cricketer has expressed regret over the incident and learned his lessons. Solanki said the South African wants to move over the controversy and doesn’t want it to impact his GT campaign. “Speaking about Kagiso, I’d like to just get a couple of things across,” Solanki said on Monday. “The first of which would be that Kagiso has expressed regret at an error in judgement. He’s made a telling statement. I read his statement, and I thought that his statement speaks volumes about the personality of the character that he is. He has expressed regret, as I said. But he is very much looking forward to getting back to playing the game he loves. He will take his, sort of, lessons from this and we’re just looking forward to having him back part of our group, having him back at practice. He served his time.” Solanki also claimed that every procedure and protocol has been followed in Rabada’s case “The second thing I’d like to place on record is that as far as procedure and protocol is concerned, everybody that’s involved in this episode, right from Kagiso, his representative, all matters, as far as requirements [go], have been followed to the letter. We try to be mindful of the emotion around Kagiso as well. But having said all of that, he’s now back, having served the time to serve the suspension for 30 days. And what we’re looking for now is for him to just be back doing what he loves, and for him to be doing stuff that we appreciate him doing. And that’s to be part of the team,” he said. Solanki admitted such events can be a distraction but added the franchise is supportive of their player. “You are absolutely right, it is easy to get distracted. “One of the things he’s made very clear is that he doesn’t want this episode to distract anybody. But as far as the team’s concerned, he spoke very eloquently about the fact that this is something he’s dealing with. As far as the team is concerned, the team will of course support it. It’s our job to support the players we have, whether it be on the matter of form or it be on the matter of personal matters like this. We will be supportive of Kagiso,” he said.