The veteran Chennai Super Kings (CSK) Suresh Raina has been missing the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 after having pulled out of the league, but he has been continued with is training sessions have continued nevertheless. Raina posted a video on his official Instagram account where he is seen working out outdoors at a picturesque location.
A voice counting the number of dumbbell bench presses Raina does is heard as the former India cricketer sweats it out to keep himself in shape. The location of the video on Twitter reads Anantnag, Jammu, and Kashmir. Captioning the video on Twitter, Raina wrote: “Beautiful weather & outdoor workout”.
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Raina ha made himself unavailable ahead of IPL 2020 due to personal reasons in August, almost a month ahead of the start of the tournament. A few days after Raina’s exit, CSK’s seasoned spinner, Harbhajan Singh also decided to pull out of the tournament citing personal reasons. CSK at the time suffered another blow when some of the members in their contingent were tested positive of COVID-19. Two players and several members of support staff had tested positive for the coronavirus.
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However, one of the two players, Deepak Chahar, has subsequently recovered and he featured in teh playing XI for CSK’s IPL opener against Mumbai Indians (MI) on Saturday. CSK registered a 5-wicket win over MI in Abu Dhabi, as they chased down a target of 183 runs with four balls to spare.
They were helped along by Ambati Rayudu’s 71, Faf du Plessis’ unbeaten 58, and a whirlwind knock of 6-ball 18 by Sam Curran. Chahar completed teh match with a spell of 2/32. CSK play their next game against Rajasthan Royals (RR) on September 22 in Sharjah.
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IPL has been moved out of India to the UAE due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The country has reported the second-highest number of positive cases of coronavirus cases around the world.
