Reportedly Harbhajan Singh will not be leaving for Dubai with his CSK teammates. Due to personal reason Singh who already missed the training camp at Chepauk will join the squad later. So a total of five cricketers will join the team late.
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Harbhajan Singh to join later
In a small camp, the Chennai Super Kings team is preparing for the grand IPL 2020. Dhoni led CSK is the only team to have a camp in India ahead of the 13th edition of the league. While they are set to leave for UAE on Friday, the veteran cricketer and senior member of the team Harbhajan Singh will not leave India with the rest of his teammates. Reports suggest that Singh’s mother is not doing well and hence he will join the team later. Harbhajan Singh is expected to join the team in two weeks’ time. Singh missed the camp at Cheapauk organized by the CSK management. Shardul Thakur and Ravindra Jadeja are others to miss the camp.
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Singh’s late arrival means there will be five CSK players who won’t be part of the squad at the initial stage. Faf du Plessis and Lungi Ngidi will arrive in early September from South Africa, and Imran Tahir, Mitchell Santner, and Dwayne Bravo will join after CPL.
CSK getting prepared
Harbhajan Singh, one of the mainstays of CSK set-up was their third-highest wicket-taker last season, with 16 wickets in 11 matches at an economy rate of 7.09. But his last professional cricket match was against Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2019 final. Suresh Raina is another such player who was last seen in that game. On the other hand, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s last game was in World Cup 2019. No wonder these players need hardcore practice before hitting the ground. The forced COVID-19 break also made the players stay away from the game.
To come in Shape Chennai Super Kings players had begun practice in the early days of March before the Indian government called for a lockdown. So the Chennai Super Kings did not just host a camp, they will be traveling with exclusive net bowlers for practice sessions in the UAE.
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