Two star Zimbabwe cricketers return to competitive cricket after serving a ban due to consumption of 'recreational drugs

In recent news, Zimbabwe cricket finally issued a clearance to the all-rounder duo of Wessly Madhevere and Brandon Mavuta after completing their four-month suspension. Madhevere and Mavuta were banned from competitive cricket due to the use of ‘recreational drugs’ in December last year.

They were also fined 50 per cent of their salaries alongside the ban from competitive cricket. The rehabilitation process of both stars was seen by the official medical team Zimbabwe Cricket. The all-rounder duo was asked to go through the high-performance training program.

“Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has cleared national team players Wessly Madhevere and Brandon Mavuta to return to competitive cricket after serving their four-month suspension over drug use. Both of them were confirmed as 'clean' after they returned positive results for drug tests conducted upon completion of their suspension period,” said Zimbabwe Cricket in an official statement.

Here's what the ZC director said about the return of Madhevere and Mavuta

Meanwhile, the Managing Director of Zimbabwe Cricket Givemore Makoni also spoke about the same while he confirmed the completion of Wessly and Madhevere’s suspension from competitive cricket.

“I am pleased to welcome Wessly and Brandon back to competitive cricket after both underwent rehabilitation and also passed a drug test to check if they were now clean,” said ZC’s MD Makoni in an official statement.

“More importantly, the two players acknowledged their mistakes and have vowed to stay clean and focus on their up-and-coming careers as cricketers,” he added later.

Notably, Madhevere and Mavuta were in action for Zimbabwe against Ireland last year in December in a home series before they were handed a four-month suspension from competitive cricket.

Interestingly, in quite a bit shocking piece of news for cricket fans, Zimbabwe will not be a part of the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2024. It will be one of those rarest times when Zimbabwe will be missing any major ICC tournament.