IPL 2020: CSK's Harbhajan Singh to reach Dubai on September 1

Chennai Super Kings' experienced off-spinner Harbhajan Singh will join the team only on September 1 due to ‘personal’ reasons.

He will be quarantined away from the rest of the team for seven days and apart from clearing two Covid-19 tests in India, will have to pass three of them on arrival in Dubai and on days three and six, before he can join the team.

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