The three-time champions, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have had to take extra precautions ahead of the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as 13 members of their contingent getting COVID-19 positive. Two players and several members of the support staff were tested positive of COVID and that resulted in an extended quarantine for the whole camp. Therefore, there’s no room for complacency even while posing for photoshoots as Faf du Plessis and Shane Watson were seen maintaining a “duo arm distance” from one another.

CSK posted a picture showing Watson and du Plessis making an elbow-bump and smiling for the camera. Captioning the post on Instagram, CSK wrote: “Duo arm distance…🔥🔥! #WhistlePodu #Yellove 💛”.

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Both the overseas players are likely to bat together either as openers or at the top order for CSK. Watson has been an established opening batsman for the three-time champions when he had amassed as many as 555 runs in CSK’s title-winning 2018 season.

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Du Plessis, the batsman from South Africa, had amassed 396 runs at an average of 36 for CSK last season and he can be expected to fill the void created by at No. 3 by Suresh Raina, who pulled out of IPL 2020 for personal reasons.

Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, who recently announced his retirement from international cricket, and he has been raring to give his 100 percent in the tournament by practicing his big hits in the nets and practice games.

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On Sunday, Watson went on to share a video on social media in which Dhoni can be seen practicing long-range shots in the nets and hitting a ball out of the ground during a practice match. CSK play their first match on September 19 against Mumbai Indians (MI), the defending champions who beat CSK in 2019 final.