With the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) just days away, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) have received some much-needed boost going into their first match of the season against defending champions Mumbai Indians on September 19, pace spearhead Deepak Chahar will start training from Friday. CSK CEO Kasi Viswanathan, while speaking to ANI, said that Chahar has got an all-clear not just from the Chennai Super Kings side but also from the BCCI medical team and is ready to hit the ground running."Deepak has all the necessary clearance from the CSK and BCCI side and will start training from today," he said.When asked about reports that CSK could be going in for another foreign player in Dawid Malan, Kasi Viswanathan answered in the negative."This is news to me as well because our quota of foreign players is already full. So I don't know how we can have another foreigner in the squad," he explained.Asked if there was any injury issue with any other foreign player that led to the rumours, he said there isn't any.CSK was the last team to begin training as the side finally returned to the field last week after their third round of coronavirus tests. The team had a dodgy start to their campaign in the UAE as some members of the camp tested positive for COVID-19 and the entire contingent had to quarantine themselves for longer than expected.The 13th edition of the league will be played from September 19 to November 10, across three venues in the UAE -- Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, and Dubai. 

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(with ANI inputs)