IPL 2020: Players Staying With Family For IPL in UAE

IPL 2020 is going to start from the 19th of September 2020 in UAE due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All the teams along with crew members are moved to UAE and staying in the Bio Bubble. Some team management decided to move UAE alone not with the family members while some of the team members decided to travel the UAE with the family.

The BCCI, in a 16-page Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) document containing an overview of safety and health protocols addressed to the franchise, has listed in detail the guidelines to be followed by families during their stay in the UAE in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Families of players and support staff, team owners and Dope Control Testing Officers are among the other members apart from players, match officials, team doctors who will be allowed to be in the UAE in biosecure environments during IPL 2020.

Players and support staff, both domestic and overseas, will have to undergo 5 Covid-19 PCR tests before entering the bio-secure environment in the UAE. Family members of the players and support staff will also have to undergo the said tests.

Rohit Sharma

One of the most successful team in the history of IPL is Mumbai Indians which will be led by star batsman Rohit Sharma.

Rohit travelled with his wife Ritika and daughter Samaira on Friday. Rohit Sharma took to Twitter to share a video on of him working out with wife Ritika Sajdeh. In the video, the couple can be seen doing various exercises in a bid to stay fit. Rohit Sharma, in the caption of his tweet wrote, “Stronger together.”

Virat Kohli

On the other hand, The RCB franchise organised a special cake cake-cutting ceremony for Virat Kohli-Anushka Sharma, as the couple announced pregnancy and Yuzvendra Chahal for his recent engagement and they also gave a sneak-peek into players’ gaming room.

Dhawal Kulkarni

The IPL was moved out of the country due to rising cases of coronavirus in India. The IPL 2020 kicks off on September 19 and the final of the tournament will be played on November 10.

Mumbai Indians pacer who is currently in UAE was seen spending some fun time with his wife. Shraddha Kharpude. In a video uploaded by Mumbai Indians on their Twitter handle, the duo was seen playing FIFA on their console in the hotel rooms during the quarantine phase.

Suryakumar Yadav

Dynamic big-hitting batsman who has earned a reputation for himself during his stint at the Mumbai Indians is another player who travelled with his spouse. In a picture posted by MI on their official website, Suryakumar Yadav was seen posing with his beau Devisha Shetty  in the fancy team room prepared for the players to spend their days in quarantine.

Schedule and Venue details are still not updated. Everyone is waiting for the IPL 2020 Schedule update. For more info follow social media and bookmark this website for latest IPL news.

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