IPL 2020: Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo And Other Overseas Chennai Super Kings Stars To Arrive Late In UAE

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) will leave for UAE later this month without most of their overseas stars. The three-time IPL champions will leave the country on August 21 on a chartered flight for the thirteenth edition of the competition. IPL 2020 will start on September 19 while the final is scheduled to take place on November 10.

Before departing for UAE, Chennai Super Kings will also have a brief 5-day camp with its Indian contingent. They will have the camp at their home ground MA Chidambaram Stadium from August 15. Earlier, the team’s bowling coach  Lakshmipathy Balaji had said the idea behind the camp is to regroup as a team.

“We will look to continue from where we left off in March. The key to success in the IPL is to perform collectively. Our aim will be to regroup as a team and start our preparations. But each player will have their own different routines and formula to prepare for the tournament. The idea is to give them enough space and freedom to understand their body and find their rhythm before coming together as a group,” the former India pacer was quoted as saying by The Times of India.

Overseas players to join the team later:

Chennai Super Kings will be without most of their overseas stars when they land in UAE later this month. According to a report in TOI, South Africa’s Faf du Plessis will join the squad only on September 1 because he is expecting his second baby. He will travel together with his compatriot Lungi Ngidi.

On the other hand, Australia allroudner Shane Watson along with coach Stephen Fleming and batting coach Mike Hussey are expected to arrive by August 22. Other big names like Dwayne Bravo (Trinidad Knight Riders), Mitchell Santner (Barbados Tridents) and Imran Tahir (Guyana Amazon Warriors) will be busy with Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

England’s Sam Curran and Australia’s Josh Hazlewood are also unlikely to join the team soon. Both the players are likely to be busy with their national team’s commitments and will be available from mid-September after the England-Australia ODI series.

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