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Australia's scheduled ODI series against Afghanistan in India has been postponed, leaving players free to fulfil their Indian Premier League commitments.
Iyer, who led the Delhi Capitals to the title clash in the 2020 season, is making a comeback after nearly five months of intense rehabilitation.
Defending champions Mumbai Indians also departed for Abu Dhabi earlier in the day.
The IPL will resume with Chennai Super Kings playing Mumbai Indians in Dubai.
There are 31 matches to be played after the tournament was suspended on May 4 due to COVID-19 positive cases in the camps of four of the eight franchises.
The KKR pacer has recovered and resumed bowling.
"It was just really upsetting from a humanitarian point of view," Warner added before backing the BCCI's decision to suspend the tournament.
The CPL is scheduled to get underway from August 28 with the final to be played on September 19, while the remaining part of IPL is likely to be held from September 18 to October 10, not leaving the players with any time to settle down.
The BCCI also said in a statement that it had asked the ICC for more time to make a call on whether India would be able to host the Twenty20 World Cup in October and November.
The BCCI is looking to stage the remaining 31 matches in the UAE soon after Virat Kohli's men finish the series in England on September 14 and before the start of the Twenty20 World Cup in mid-October.
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