IPL 2020 is all set to be the most offbeat and much anticipated season this year. The franchises have arranged a training camp for all their players before they depart for the United Arab Emirates. Leading the way is the Chennai Super Kings whose key players have already arrived in Chennai for their training period.
Suresh Raina along with Deepak Char, Karn Sharma and Piyush Chawla have reached Chennai for their six-day training and conditioning camp. Raina posted a photo along with his CSK teammates after reaching Chennai safely and thanked the airline.
Suresh Raina and CSK players reach Chennai for training camp
Suresh Raina posted a photo on Instagram and captioned the photo as, “Thank you so much @vistara for taking us to Chennai!!!”.
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The camp of CSK will feature all key players along including their skipper MS Dhoni. The camp will be carried from August 15 to August 20 at Chepauk Stadium which is the home ground for CSK. The franchise will travel to the UAE after the completion of their six-day preparation camp.
Bowling coach Lakshmipathy Balaji is expected to be the only member of the coaching staff present at the camp. The other members of the staff, including head coach Stephen Fleming and assistant coach Michael Hussey, will join the squad in Dubai on August 22. Also, Ravindra Jadeja will not be part of the camp due to personal commitments and will meet the team directly on the flight to UAE on August 21.
Meanwhile, IPL 2020 is all set to be the longest ever as it will take place from September 19 to November 10 in the UAE. With COVID-19 cases rising in India BCCI decided to stage the league this year in UAE and has made a detailed plan for all the franchises.
All teams will stay in a bio-secure bubble and will not be able to step outside to protect them from deadly coronavirus. The IPL this year will be played across three venues which are Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah. Moreover for the first time, an IPL final will take place on a weekday which will be Tuesday on November 10.
