Chennai: IPL is all set to continue 40 days and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) looking to land in the UAE on August 13 to restart their preparation for the tournament.
The IPL champion three times have not received the NOC from the UAE authority to land their rented flight.
The source said that BCCI has intervened to help CSK get approval and arrive at their base in Dubai.
“CSK requires approval from the UAE government to land in Dubai.
BCCI is looking for a problem.
The CSC players have been in quarantine in Chennai and have arrived with a negative Covid RT-PCR test report.
In fact, all CSK players, support staff and officials were vaccinated.
So the NOC must come in a day, “said a source to TI.
While some CSK players, including captain Ms Dhoni who landed in the city on Tuesday, will travel with chartered flights on Friday, coach Stephen Fleming and other foreign support staff will reach Dubai directly.
The squad is expected to start training on August 20.
CSK will continue their IPL campaign on September 19 with the match against Indian Mumbai.
The Dhoni-LED side was in second place with 10 points after seven matches before the league was postponed because Covid.
The CSK movement for former Kricket TN: CSK on Tuesday respected four former Tamil Nadu Cricketers and recorded the K Parthasarathy curator for their contribution.
Former President of BCCI and TNCA n Srinivasan each to four players – Kr Rajagopal, Najam Hussain, SVS Mani and R Prabhakar – and Parthasarathy in a function here in front of the Secretary of TNCA R Smaswamy.
“CSK has a reputation for taking care of the brotherhood of cricket in the state.
So we took the initiative to respect these veterans,” said CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan.
Chennai Super Kings hopes to be in the UAE on August 13
