MUMBAI (Reuters) – Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina will miss the entire season of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament for reasons, his Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team said Saturday.
This year’s IPL will be played in the United Arab Emirates from 19 September and Raina has already returned to India.
“Suresh Raina has returned to India for non-public reasons and will not be available for the rest of the IPL season,” general manager Kasi Viswanathan said on the team’s Twitter account.
“Chennai Super Kings offers complete support to Suresh and his family during this time.”
Raina, a left-handed and convenient drummer, withdrew from foreign cricket this month, minutes after his CSK captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, announced that he would no longer play for India.
It is second, after Indian captain Virat Kohli, in the all-time list of the drivers of the popular IPL, which will host its 13th season from next month.
The preparation of the team was also hampered after at least 10 members of the CSK contingent in the United Arab Emirates tested positive for the COVID-19 virus on Friday, the media said.
(Report through Sudipto Ganguly; Edited through Clarence Fernandez)
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