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IPL 2020: Another Chennai Super Kings player has tested positive for COVID-19, a day after it emerged that an Indian fast bowler and at least 10 CSK staff members had tested positive for the coronavirus.

A second Chennai Super Kings (CSK) player tested positive for COVID-19 even as all-rounder Suresh Raina pulled out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) citing “personal reasons”. The player in question is a right-handed top-order batsman, who has been a part of India A teams in the recent past and is a prolific performer in Ranji Trophy. On Friday, a T20 specialist pacer had tested positive along with at least 10 members of the contingent in Dubai. While it is expected that Raina will be issuing a statement later in the day, sources close to the franchise said that one of the biggest draws in IPL desperately needs some downtime to be with his young family at the moment.

The 33-year-old had resigned from worldwide cricket recently

“Suresh Raina has come back to India for individual reasons and will be inaccessible for the rest of the IPL season. Chennai Super Kings offers total help to Suresh and his family during this time,” CSK tweeted CEO K Viswanathan’s announcement.

CSK’s isolate period in Dubai has just been reached out till September 1.

“Suresh’s nonattendance will be a major blow for the CSK and furthermore, he is probably the greatest attract IPL. Yet, during circumstances such as the present, if any player doesn’t feel 100 percent and has some other squeezing needs, any group regards that and CSK is the same,” a senior IPL official aware of the advancement in CSK camp told PTI on states of namelessness.

While it couldn’t be authoritatively affirmed however theory was overflowing that a family misfortune coupled by a spike in COVID-19 cases in the group may have upset the previous India left-hander who resigned on August 15 close by his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

While it is perceived that the competition isn’t under danger starting at now yet one establishment turning into a “COVID-19 hotspot” is gradually turning into an issue for different groups just as the BCCI.

“In the event that there are 13 cases from just one establishment, at that point, it is an issue without a doubt for everybody. The greatest perspective will be whether unfamiliar cricketers will currently begin being panicky as they are more delicate about these issues,” an authority said.

“We have to keep a tab on players’ emotional well-being,” he included.