Gujarat Titans pacer Kagiso Rabada has returned to South Africa from IPL 2025 due to 'personal reasons'.
The South Africa speedster played in the first two games for the Titans in which he took two wickets for 83 runs.
"Kagiso Rabada has returned to South Africa to deal with an important personal matter," Gujarat Titans said in a statement on Thursday.
The 29-year-old pacer was not picked for Gujarat Titans' match against Royal Challengers Bengaluru at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Wednesday.
Arshad Khan was drafted into the playing XI in place of Rabada, and the left-arm pacer picked up the key wicket of Virat Kohli early in the innings.
In the absence of Rabada, GT could be relying on his South African teammate Gerald Coetzee or Afghanistan all-rounder Karim Janat.
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