Chennai Super Kings players together with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni started preparations for the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL), having cleared their RT-PCR assessments throughout the stipulated quarantine interval.
Apart from the legendary Dhoni, senior batsman Ambati Rayudu, Ruturaj Gaikwad and a number of others are a part of the camp that obtained underway on Monday. Tamil Nadu’s N Jagadeesan, R Sai Kishore and C Hari Nishaanth, who was picked up throughout final month’s public sale, skilled with the likes of Dhoni and Rayudu. Also current was medium-pacer Harishankar Reddy, one other new recruit.
“The CSK players completed their quarantine requirements and began practice yesterday. Gradually, the others will join the camp after a period of quarantine,” he mentioned.
A number of others like leg-spinner Karn Sharma and Bhagath Varma, who was picked throughout the auctions lately are anticipated to reach in the coming days, Viswanathan mentioned.
Dhoni had arrived in the metropolis on Wednesday final. CSK had throughout the current mini-auction picked up England all-rounder Moeen Ali for Rs 7 crore, aside from Karnataka all-rounder Okay Gowtham (for Rs 9.25 crore) and Cheteshwar Pujara (Rs 50 lakh).
This 12 months’s IPL begins with a match between defending champions Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Chennai on April 9. Three-time champion CSK begins its marketing campaign the subsequent day in Mumbai towards Delhi Capitals.
Interestingly, on this 12 months’s IPL, all matches will likely be performed at impartial venues, no group will play at their house venue.
