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I am going to wear this, I’m going to go bed with it. I am going to shower with it, because this wasn’t even possible for me. This is probably my gold for now.

Four months before holding up her silver madal at the 2023 women’s T20 world cup, sinalo jafta checked herself into rehab for alcohol abuse, with the interntion of retiring from cricket.

I was walking sway from cricket. The 7th of October (2022) is when. I made the decision. I was going to go into treatment. I was done. I felt like I had nothing to give ” she told reporters through her tears after south Africa lost their first world cup final to Australia

I remember coming back from the Commonwealth Games and everything just broke, I lost who I was ” jafta said I want to rehab and now to play the final four months afterwards it’s pretty emotional

Jafta cited online abuse for affecting her mental health, which in turn led to her drinking excessively. As a wicketkeeper, who bat’s mostly at No 8,jafta has been taunted about everything from her performance to her body weight and her race eventually, it all became a bit toomuch for her to handle

Social media doesn’t support you have a really tough day and people just bullet you on social me diañn that send me over the edge. It just wouldn’t stop. Shen said the team doctor and the management gave me two months of medical leave. I spent 56 days in treatment and I learnt the best about myself. They are irrelevant people are all allowed define who I am. I’m forever greatful for that. On December 8,2022, jafta was discharged from rehab ready for new start. A month later she was playing for south African in their tri- series between West Indies and India and in line to play the cricket had not changed but her perspective had.