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XtraTime Web Desk: Kings XI Punjab, Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders players are set for first outdoor net session as they have completed 6 day quarantine. The players and support staffs of all the three teams reached UAE last Thursday and were quarantining themselves in the respective team hotels in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. They will have their first proper training session in months on Wednesday evening, having tested negative for COVID-19 thrice during their mandatory six-day quarantine.

To beat the searing Dubai heat, all the three teams have opted to train in the evening. KXIP and Royals, who are based in Dubai, and Kolkata Knight Riders, who are in Abu Dhabi, were among the first batch of teams to arrive on Thursday.

Following the players’ arrival, they were tested on day 1, 3 and 6 as per the BCCI Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and having cleared three tests, KXIP and Royals players are all set to resume training.

During the six-day quarantine, the players were not even allowed to step out of their rooms.

“All players who arrived here from India have cleared three rounds of testing and will start training today,” a source said referring to the Royals, who will be training at the ICC grounds here. David Miller, who has moved to Royals from KXIP, will join the squad after completing his quarantine having arrived only yesterday.

The same goes for another South African Hardus Viljoen, who will join KXIP nets after six days of isolation. “All those who flew from India on 20th and have cleared quarantine will start training today,” said a KXIP source.
Royal Challengers Bangalore, Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings will complete their quarantine on Thursday, having landed in UAE on Friday. The IPL will run from September 19 to November 10 and will be played in bio-secure environment due to the raging COVID-19 pandemic.