While all the other IPL franchises have left the foreign players to their own fate, the Mumbai Indians have shown exceptional character by arranging charter flights to each of their players. And better still, they have stated that players from other franchises will be free to join these private flights. For the Australian players, the charter flight will first take them to Maldives, where they will spend 10 days in quarantine, before resuming their journey towards Australia. The other franchises have refused to arrange similar services for their players, saying that they are not in good financial condition.
They are taking care of their players in a mutually beneficial manner which is smart, but there is nothing exceptional about this. Other franchises are being stingy when they could have easily done the same.
Right now UAE is having a probability of around 99%.
UAE is the perfect decision strategically in my opinion after witnessing IPL 2020 being conducted successfully there.