Harbhajan Singh has become the second Chennai Super Kings player to pull out of the 2020 IPL. The senior offspinner is understood to have informed the franchise that he would not be travelling to the UAE, where the IPL will be played from September 19, due to personal reasons.
Singh, 40, and Suresh Raina are the two big Indian names to not feature in this IPL for the Super Kings, who will have their first training session on Friday after an extended quarantine.
Singh was even absent from the Super Kings’ six-day conditioning camp in mid-August in Chennai, which was organised for their Indian players, and did not travel with the team to Dubai on August 21, with word that he would join them later on September 1. On Friday, Super Kings’ chief executive Kasi Viswanathan told ESPNcricinfo Singh was yet to join the squad, after having said earlier in the week that the offspinner was “expected” in the first week of September.
Viswanathan also said earlier this week that despite the 13 positive Covid-19 cases in their contingent, the Super Kings were ready to play the tournament opener on September 19, if the schedule, which is yet to be announced, required them to.
Neither the player nor the franchise has made an official announcement of the development yet.
More to follow…
Source: ESPN Crickinfo