Harbhajan Singh has become the second Chennai Super Kings player to withdraw from the 2020 IPL. It is understood that the senior offspinner informed the franchise that he would not be traveling to the United Arab Emirates, where the IPL will be played from September 19. , For personal motives.
Singh, 40, and Suresh Raina are the two big Indian names not featured in this IPL for the Super Kings, who will have their first training session on Friday after an extended quarantine.
Singh was even absent from the Super Kings’ six-day conditioning camp in mid-August in Chennai, which was organized for their Indian players, and did not travel with the team to Dubai on August 21, with the news that he would be joining. to them later. On September 1. On Friday, Super Kings CEO Kasi Viswanathan told ESPNcricinfo that Singh had yet to join the team, having said earlier in the week that the secondary player was “expected” in the first week of September.
Viswanathan also said earlier this week that despite 13 positive Covid-19 cases in their contingent, the Super Kings were ready to play the first tournament on September 19, if the schedule, which has yet to be announced, required it.
Neither the player nor the franchise have made an official announcement of the development yet.
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