IPL 2021: India players leave England after Manchester Test cancellation; MI, DC, RCB, CSK stars arrive in UAE
Among
the
first
to
land
in
Abu
Dhabi
were
Mumbai
Indians
skipper
Rohit
Sharma,
pacer
Jasprit
Bumrah
and
middle-order
batsman
Suryakumar
Yadav,
who
all
flew
in
from
Manchester
in
special
flight
on
Saturday
(September
11).
All
three,
along
with
family
of
Rohit
and
Bumrah,
were
tested
negative
for
Covid
19
before
their
departure
from
Manchester
and
upon
their
arrival
in
the
UAE.
Royal
Challengers
Bangalore
skipper
Virat
Kohli
and
pacer
Mohammad
Siraj
too
will
land
in
UAE
in
a
charter
flight
on
Sunday
morning
(September
12).
Delhi
Capitals
captain
Rishabh
Pant
too
is
expected
to
arrive
in
the
UAE
on
Sunday
along
with
his
teammates
who
are
in
England
at
the
moment.
The
Capitals
have
Axar
Patel,
Ishant
Sharma,
Ajinkya
Rahane,
R
Ashwin,
Prithvi
Shaw
and
Umesh
Yadav
in
England
and
they
too
should
be
joining
the
squad
from
Manchester
along
with
Pant.
All
these
cricketers
who
are
joining
their
respective
teams
from
England
will
have
to
undergo
mandatory
six-day
quarantine
in
the
UAE
besides
further
Covid
tests
before
entering
the
teams’ bio-bubble.
“The
BCCI
has
informed
us
on
Friday
(September
10)
that
every
player
coming
in
from
UK
to
UAE
will
have
to
undergo
six
days
of
quarantine
before
they
can
join
the
team
bubbles.
Obviously,
the
bubble
to
bubble
transfer
from
UK
to
UAE
no
longer
stands
keeping
in
mind
the
current
scenario,” the
official
said.
Chennai
Super
Kings
too
have
their
players
like
Cheteshwar
Pujara,
Ravindra
Jadeja
etc
in
Manchester
and
they
too
will
be
flown
out
to
the
UAE
soon.
The
Super
Kings
CEO
Kasi
Viswanathan
said
steps
are
being
taken
to
ferry
them
from
Manchester
in
a
special
flight,
in
all
likelihood
by
Sunday
(September
12).
Chennai
and
Mumbai
will
face
off
in
the
opening
match
of
the
IPL
2021
second
phase
on
September
19.
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