Reportedly chennai Super Kings director K George john revealed how team captain ms dhoni gave up his business class seat to him and himself traveled in economy to dubai where they will be based during the IPL 2020. George john messaged about the incident and even posted a short clip which shows dhoni sitting in an economy class seat, speaking with Vice-captain suresh raina and some of his other teammates.
Dhoni will be seen on the cricket field after more than year when the IPL begins in the United Arab Emirates from september 19. He announced his retirement from international cricket on august 15 but will continue to lead CSK in the IPL. "When a man who’s seen it all, done it all in cricket tells you, “Your legs are too long, sit in my seat (Business Class), I’ll sit in Economy.” The skipper never fails to amaze me," the CSK director messaged. dhoni, his team, and team officials from the franchise left for the United Arab Emirates on friday after finishing their six-day training camp in Chennai. It was during this training camp that dhoni announced his retirement. raina also followed suit as he stunned the cricket fraternity by bringing the curtains down on his career.
Players will be in isolation for 6 days after they reach the UAE. All players, domestic and overseas, will have to undergo 5 tests before entering the bio secure bubble, the bcci had said in its Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) document. Players and support staff will have to undergo tests every 5th day after entering the bio secure bubble. After two successful COVID-19 PCR tests, 24 hours apart, players will be allowed to fly to the UAE. Players will be put up in hotels and will be in quarantine during which they will give 3 more Covid-19 tests over 6 days.
