The Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) teams Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders are upset.
Reason, they still have to follow quarantine norms for one more week before they can resume practice sessions like the other teams.
Both Mumbai Indians & KKR are based in Abu Dhabi. According to the Covid-19 norms of the emirate of Abu Dhabi, it is mandatory to complete 14 days quarantine before anyone is allowed to move outside.
In comparison 6 teams staying in Dubai are all set to start practice. Dubai only follows 7 days mandatory quarantine period.
These different sets of quarantine rules in the two emirates has pegged the franchises plans by a week.
“We have requested BCCI to intervene. We were told we have to follow 7 days quarantine period but now it has come to our knowledge that as per the local norms we will be in 14 days quarantine”, said member of the support staff attached with the Mumbai Indians team.
IPL 2020 Teams arrival date in UAE
| Day | Date | Team | ||
| Thursday | 20-Aug | KKR | RR | KXIP |
| Friday | 21-Aug | MI | CSK | RCB |
| Sunday | 23-Aug | DC | SRH | |
KKR was the first team to reach UAE on 20th Aug, while Mumbai Indians reached Abu Dhabi on 21st Aug. At the same time other 6 teams reached Dubai and they have started reaching ICC Academy for practice sessions, but both Rohit Sharma’s MI and Dinesh Karthik’s will stay put in the hotels for another week.
The different Covid-19 norms in the two Emirates are not only upsetting the plans of Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians but even BCCI is in fix and is yet to release the schedule for the event.
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