Chennai Super Kings, not like different franchises, held a 5-day training camp in Chennai earlier than MS Dhoni’s males left for the UAE for Indian Premier LEague (IPL ) 2020. Dhoni led the camp which was attended by fairly a number of Indian gamers from August 15 to 20.
CSK took the necessary Covid-19 checks and skilled in a bio-bubble on the MA Chidambaram Stadium after getting the mandatory clearances from the Tamil Nadu authorities.
Speaking about the pre-IPL training camp, CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan stated it was MS Dhoni’s thought to have native gamers assemble in Chennai for the camp earlier than they left for the UAE. Dhoni and his males reached Dubai on August 21 and have been in quarantine, following the protocols issued by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
“When we announced the tournament is going to happen, I had reservations about conducting the camp here because the bio-bubble had to be created. In fact sent a message to him (asking) whether it will be worthwhile having a camp for 5 days before going to Dubai. But the captain was crystal clear in his thoughts,” Viswanathan stated in a YouTube video for CSK.
“He (Dhoni) said ‘sir, we have not played for nearly 4-5 months. All of us need to get together in Chennai. We should be in a bio-bubble in Chennai so that we get used to that when we land in Dubai’.
“And additionally it helped in the boys getting in form. This camp, although we had some reservations, has actually helped. I’m very glad we had been in a position to host the camp.”
Apart from MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina who announced international retirements after landing in Chennai, the likes of Piyush Chawla, Murali Vijay, Deepak Chahar, Ambati Rayudu, Sai Kishore, Shardul Thakur were part of the camp. While foreign players skipped it, Harbhajan Singh and Ravindra Jadeja also gave it a miss due to personal reasons.
Ambati Rayudu said the camp helped the players get back into the mix after close to 5 months of inactivity in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
“To get us again into the combo, that is very, essential. Even once we go to Dubai, we’ve got to quarantine for six days. So that is essential,” Rayudu said.
“Now everyone seems to be on the identical web page. No one has performed cricket for five months. We all are equal. I believe we will likely be higher as a result of we’ve got the expertise,” Chahar stated.
