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             Ravichandran Ashwin during a training session at Old Trafford in                   Cheteshwar Pujara during a training session
                            Manchester on Wednesday. (ANI)                                                 on Wednesday. (ANI)


        that’s in the UK will be avail-
        able if they now have 10 days             naming of dhoni as mentor
        of quarantining in UK?” Piet-
        ersen tweeted. Former England         of t20 Wc team kicks up a row
        skipper  Michael Vaughan said
        Team India has let English crick-           he Board of Control for  the official said.
        et down. “India have let English
        Cricket down !!!  But  England              Cricket in India (BCCI)          Former BCCI Treasurer
        did let South African Crick-         Thas termed the complaint  Anirudh Chaudhry believes it
                                              of  conflict  of  interest  against  will undoubtedly enhance In-
        et down,” Vaughan tweeted.            MS Dhoni as frivolous. Former  dia’s chances of bringing the
            But in what comes as a huge       MPCA member Sanjeev Gup- trophy home. Having worked
        move, Chennai Super Kings is          ta  levelled  conflict  of  interest  closely with Dhoni in an ad-
        looking  to  get  the  Indian  play-
        ers who are part of the team to       allegations against Dhoni after  ministrative capacity during
        Dubai by Saturday. The boys           he was named mentor for the  the 2009 T20 World Cup (Me-
                                              upcoming T20 World Cup in  dia Manager) as well as In-
        will then undergo a six-day quar-     UAE and Oman.                       dia’s tour of England in 2011         Umesh Yadav at Old Trafford in
        antine and join the rest of the          A BCCI official said there  (Manager), Anirudh keeps it               Manchester on Wednesday.  (ANI)
        squad members who are already         was no logic behind the com- short and sweet and calls it an
        in the IPL 2021 bubble.               plaint as the team had already  excellent move.                             The 14th season, which was
            Speaking to ANI, CSK CEO                                                                                  postponed in May this year in
        Kasi Viswanathan confirmed the        been selected and Dhoni will           BCCI Secretary Jay Shah          the wake of the COVID-19 pan-
        development and said the team         only be guiding the players. “It  on Wednesday said he spoke            demic, will resume on Septem-
        is  keeping  fingers  crossed  that   is well known now that these  with former skipper Dhoni on              ber 19 in Dubai with a blockbust-
                                              frivolous complaints have be- being the mentor  for the up-
        the likes of Ravindra Jadeja,         come a tool for proxy attacks  coming T20 World Cup and                 er clash between Chennai Super
        Shardul Thakur and Chetesh-           ever since the new rules and  the current team management               Kings and Mumbai Indians.
        war  Pujara  can  fly  into  Dubai    regulations  came  into  force.  is on the same page about the              The  action  will  then  shift
        on Saturday. “Now that the Test                                                                               to Abu Dhabi where Kolkata
        match is off, we are looking to       The World Cup is happening  decision. “As far as MS Dhoni               Knight Riders will square off
        get the CSK boys into Dubai to-       post the IPL. At that point all  is  concerned, I spoke to him          against Royal Challengers Ban-
                                              players would be free agents  when I was in Dubai so he was
        morrow,” he said.                     since there would be a reshuf- okay with the decision and he            galore. Sharjah will host its first
            The Board of Control for          fle  of  players  with  a  big  auc- agreed to be the team men-         game on September 24 when
        Cricket in India (BCCI) has           tion coming up with the entry  tor for T20 World Cup only.              Royal Challengers Bangalore
        offered to England and Wales                                                                                  take on  Chennai Super Kings.
        Cricket Board (ECB) a resched-        of the new teams. One isn’t  I discussed this particular is-            In all, 13 matches will be held in
        uling  of  the  cancelled  5th  Test   even sure if MS would contin- sue with my colleagues also,             Dubai, 10 in Sharjah, and 8 in
        match  which  was  scheduled  to      ue at the CSK then.                they are all on the same page,”      Abu Dhabi.
                                                 Another BCCI official said  Shah said during the virtual
        be played at Manchester from          it was reaching a stage where  press conference.                            The BCCI has decided to do
        Friday. The BCCI and ECB              no  former  Indian  cricket-          “I spoke to captain and           away with contact tracing devic-
        held  several  rounds  of  discus-    er would be able to serve the  vice-captain as well as head             es for the UAE leg, starting on
        sion to find a way to play the Test                                                                           September 19. The Indian board
        match, however, the outbreak of       country. “Let me assure you, if  coach Ravi Shastri, they all           decided that Bubble Integrity
        COVID-19 in the Indian team           this is allowed to continue, this  are on the same page so that is      Officers  will  do  the  necessary
        contingent  forced  the  decision     will prove to be the last nail in  why we reached a conclusion,”        contact tracing if any player tests
                                              the  coffin  of  Indian  cricket,”  he added.
        of calling off the game.                                                                                      positive for COVID-19 in UAE.


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