Live Updates, CSK Corona Positive Case: CSK's IPL 2020 Preparatory Camp Under Scanner

CSK Corona Positive Case Live Updates:Three-time Indian Premier League (IPL) champions Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have extended their quarantine period after the squad arrived in Dubai on August 21. CSK were expected to begin training on Friday (August 28) but will now be the last team to get on to the training ground before the start of the tournament. The team has not officially given any reason as to why they extended their quarantine beyond the mandatory six-day period but news reports are now suggesting that multiple CSK staff members tested positive for the coronavirus.

IPL 2020 looks to be in jeopardy already as Deepak Chahar of CSK has tested positive for Covid-19. But the team management and the BCCI are still of the opinion that there is not much to worry about. Though this has definitely caused a delay in the announcement of IPL 2020 schedule. In a latest report, CSK has claimed that all its players had tested negative before leaving for the UAE.

Now the BCCI faces fresh challenges in conducting the IPL from September 19. Now, CSK's preparatory camp in Chennai is under scanner, where all the Indian players of the team had gathered for practice before heading to UAE. It was also revealed by the team CEO, that it was on the insistence of skipper MS Dhoni, that the camp was conducted. CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan, he revealed how the skipper MS Dhoni convinced him to go ahead with the preparatory camp.

“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 said in a video uploaded on YouTube by 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 also it helped in the boys getting in shape. This camp, though we had some reservations, has really helped. I am very happy we were able to host the camp.”