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Confirmed! Here is quarantine status of England-Australia players for IPL 2020

With Australian and England players done with their ODI series, they are making their way to the UAE for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020.

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With Australian and England players done with their ODI series, they are making their way to the UAE for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020.

The Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council on Thursday informed the franchises that the players coming from the UK will only need to quarantine for 36 hours before they can join their teams and play in the league.

While players who will have Dubai as their home base will be cleared to play if their COVID-19 Tests on arrival test negative. However, players heading to Abu Dhabi will have to spend six days with no relax in quarantine rules.

This states that Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) Pat Cummins could most likely miss the team first clash against Mumbai Indians (MI) on September 23 in Abu Dhabi. 

As for with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) who are taking on defending champions Mumbai Indians in the season opener on Saturday, the MS Dhoni-led side will await the COVID-19 tests of their star players -- Sam Curran and Josh Hazlewood -- on Friday morning before deciding if they can play the opener.

"They come in tonight and will be in isolation till a test is conducted tomorrow. If they test negative, they can then be available for selection for the opening game in Abu Dhabi," CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan told ANI.

Mumbai Indians on the other hand have no such issues as none of their players were a part of the England-Australia series that ended on Wednesday.

For a number of days, the quarantine period for players from Australia and England was a subject of a question. Earlier, some franchises had said that the players from both sides won`t have to quarantine themselves as they would be coming from a bio-secure bubble in the UK.

The upcoming IPL is slated to be played from September 19-November 10 in the UAE across three venues --Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah.CSK has won the IPL thrice (2010, 2011, 2018) and now the side would be looking to add the fourth title to its kitty.

The side will be without the services of Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh this year as both players opted out of the tournament due to personal reasons.

CSK was the last team to begin training as the side finally returned to the field last week after their third round of coronavirus tests.

The team had a dodgy start to their campaign in the UAE as some members of the camp tested positive for COVID-19 and the entire contingent had to quarantine themselves for longer than expected.

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