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England and Australia players, who are going to play the limited-overs series before the IPL could likely be available from the beginning, KKR CEO and MD Venky Mysore claimed.

His comments came after RCB chairman Sanjeev Churiwala said that the England and Australia players would not need to stay at the mandatory six-day quarantine period in the UAE as they are already coming from a bio-secure environment in the UK.

“Can’t say anything specific. IPL is doing everything they can to put a process in place so that those players are available to play. KKR are very hopeful,” Mysore told PTI.

Kolkata knight Riders’ have several new players which included Australian pacer Pat Cummins, 2019 World Cup-winning skipper Eoin Morgan, Tom Banton, Chris Green and Harry Gurney. Cummins was bought for a whopping Rs 15.5 crore. Moreover, they were among the first batch to arrive in UAE alongside Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab

”I am glad our boys have reached the UAE safely, and are being well taken care of. All SOPs and protocols established by the IPL have been complied with. Once the quarantine requirements are met, the team will start practice sessions,” Mysore said.

He added, “We are pleased that the IPL 2020 season will be underway in a few weeks despite the challenges posed by the pandemic.”

Meanwhile, KKR have added Srikanth Narayanaswamy as the team physician and he along with its head physio Kamlesh Jain and Chris Donaldson, the strength & conditioning coach will be there to look  after the squad.