There was tension in the camp over the results after two players, Deepak Chahar and Ruturaj Gaikwad, tested positive. Added to this is the departure of Suresh Raina for “personal reasons” that generated a lot of heat on social networks in recent days.
The CSK camp desperately hoped there would be no more problems and the negative report was a shot in the arm. All players and support staff will have to pass another test on September 3. If everyone passes the last hurdle, they will be able to go out on the field from September 5.
However, Chahar and Ruturaj remain in quarantine and will not be available to practice before September 12.
Meanwhile, Faf du Pless and Lungi Ngidi arrived in Dubai and went straight to quarantine.
The Harbhajan Singh star has once again postponed his arrival, although he has not made it clear that he would be retiring.
The CSK leadership has a lot of faith in the cunning and experience of the opponent and if he does finally show up, it will be a huge boost for the team that is trying to deal with the crisis off the field.
“We hope that everything will be solved in the next few days and we can achieve our best performance in the IPL,” said a source.
In video: IPL 2020: CSK players, support staff test negative for coronavirus
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