Won’t take too long to get into groove, says Watson

Rocked by a series of COVID-19 cases, Super Kings, led by MS Dhoni, finally started training on Friday after clearing a third round of testing for the virus. “How exciting it was to be back with all of my @ChennaiIPLmates for our first training session!!! It was so much fun. There was a little rust that will not take long to go,” Watson wrote on his Twitter handle.

The 39-year-old, who was bought by CSK ahead of IPL 2018, has scored 953 runs in 32 matches for the franchise in the last two years, besides taking six wickets. His highest score is 117 not out, in the final of the 2018 edition against Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Watson is an important member of CSK, which has been left depleted after the pullout of senior players Suresh Raina and Harbhajan Singh. Super Kings was forced to delay its training plan after completing the six-day quarantine as Deepak Chahar and Ruturaj Gaikwad tested positive last week along with 11 members of the contingent.