Bengaluru, August 13: Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni and batsman Monu Kumar have undergone Covid 19 tests ahead of IPL 2020. They are expected to return negative ahead of the scheduled travel to Chennai, where the Super Kings will conduct a training camp at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Chennai Super Kings led by Dhoni is set to travel to UAE for IPL 2020 on August 22.

A official with the MicroPraxis Labs, a part of the Guru Nanak Hospital and Research centre which is authorised to conduct RT-PCR tests for Covid-19, said they have collected the samples from Dhoni at his farmhouse in Ranchi.

"A team of our lab staff was sent to Dhoni's farmhouse in Simlaiya area to collect the samples of the two cricketers around 2 pm. The samples have been sent for testing and the result will be known on Thursday (August 13)," the official told ToI.

However, this will only be the first in a series of tests to be conducted for cricketers ahead of IPL 2020, scheduled to begin on September 19 in the UAE. The players will have to enter a bio-secure bubble after arriving at the Emirates and there will be further Covid 19 tests prior to the event.