The CSK team had landed in Dubai on August 21 and after the mandatory six-day quarantine period had started training as well.
Chennai Super Kings at IPL 2019. (Photo: IANS)
In a shocking development, as many as 12 Chennai Super Kings squad members, including players and coaching/support staff, have tested positive for coronavirus, just 22 days before the IPL begins in the UAE, sources told IANS on Friday.
12 members in the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) squad, including players and support staff, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Untied Arab Emirates (UAE) where the IPL is scheduled to be played from September 19 to November 10.
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According a report by IANS, all the members of the CSK franchise, who are there in Dubai, have been quarantined. However, any official communication, either from CSK or the BCCI, is yet to be made.
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“A total of 12 members are have been affected and the entire team has been told to go quarantine again. It is learnt that they got infected during a camp in Chennai,” the news agency quoted sources as saying.
The CSK team had landed in Dubai on August 21 and after the mandatory six-day quarantine period had started training as well. The IPL begins on September 19, but the BCCI has still not released the scheduled of the matches.
The 2020 season of the IPL will be played for 53 days across three venues in the UAE — Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and Dubai.
The final match will be played on a Tuesday, to make it the first-ever IPL to have its final on a weekday. The matches this season will also start 30 minutes before their original time of 4 PM and 8 PM.
The IPL 2020, which was scheduled to be played from March 29 this year, was earlier postponed to April 15 before it was suspended again due to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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