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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Sunday defended Test skipper Virat Kohli&#39;s call to play Rohit Sharma ahead of Cheteshwar Pujara in the ongoing one-off Test match against Bangladesh in Fatullah.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;Virat wants to play five bowlers and in that case you have to sacrifice a batsman. Rohit played at number three in the last Test match in Sydney. Going by the form, it is fine,&quot; Ganguly said on the sidelines of an event here.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Going in the Test with five bowlers - pace trio of Umesh Yadav, Varun Aaron, Ishant Sharma and the spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Harbhajan Singh - Kohli opted for Rohit instead of regular No. 3 Pujara.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">With rain robbing much of the action in the Test, Ganguly hoped offie Harbhajan Singh making a comeback after two years, got more opportunities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;He has taken two wickets in the match, but he hardly got much of an opportunity because of the rain. Hopefully he gets more opportunities and does well,&quot; said Ganguly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Ganguly also said he was looking forward to play in the new Twenty20 tournament featuring retired international players. Involving a series of exhibition matches, the event is a brainchild of cricket legends Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Ganguly who has been inducted to the BCCI&#39;s newly-constituted cricket advisory panel, refused to comment on the speculations of team director Ravi Shastri becoming the coach. &quot;I have no such report, when that happens we all will get to know,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Inaugurating the Shemrock Global Wisdom, a pre-school in the city, Ganguly confessed of having cried on his first day at school. &nbsp;&quot;It reminds me of my preschool days. Though I don&#39;t have much of memory but I remember I cried a lot on my first day at school,&quot; said Ganguly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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