Star recruits Eoin Morgan and Pat Cummins will be available for Kolkata Knight Riders’ IPL opener on September 23 after authorities in Abu Dhabi have agreed to shorten the quarantine period from 14 to six days, according to franchise CEO Venky Mysore.
Mysore said negotiations were still on with the Abu Dhabi authorities to further shorten the quarantine period.
“While they are still negotiating with the authorities, we are reconciled to the fact that we may have to quarantine our three players,” Mysore was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.
“They arrive on September 17, but our first game is on September 23, by which time they would’ve finished their (six-day) quarantine. So it’s worked out well, and it’s good for the tournament.”
There are three players – Morgan, his England teammate Tom Banton and Australian pacer Cummins — who will be joining KKR’s squad in the UAE capital a day after the third and final ODI on September 16.