Chennai Super Kings (CSK) made a big announcement on Saturday, ruling Suresh Raina out of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 season. The CSK vice-captain had arrived in UAE with the rest of his Indian teammates and support staff a week ago but is now heading back home in India due to personal reasons.
CSK took to Twitter to announce the big news, quoting CEO KS Viswanathan as saying: “Suresh Raina has returned to India for personal reasons and will be unavailable for the remainder of the IPL season. Chennai Super Kings offers complete support to Suresh and his family during this time.”
Raina’s relative is in critical condition while his uncle has died after a midnight attack in their Pathankot’s Thariyal village. Reportedly, the attack occurred on the night of August 19 when the family was sleeping on the terrace of their residence. Just then, the unidentified assailants attacked them with lethal weapons.
It is believed that Asha Devi, sister of Raina’s father, is in critical condition and fighting hard for survival. On the other hand, his uncle, identified as 58-year-old Ashok Kumar, succumbed to death. The former Indian cricketer’s cousins – 32-year-old Kaushal Kumar and 24-year-old Apin Kumar have also attained injuries during the violent attack.
While the cricketer himself is yet to give an official statement in this regard, his absence is another huge blow to the MS Dhoni-led Yellow Army, who already have plenty of members to have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
