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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ST JOHN&rsquo;S, Antigua <\/strong>&ndash; Darren Sammy will lead a strong West Indies team to this year&rsquo;s International Cricket Council&rsquo;s World T20 Tournament in India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 32-year-old allrounder was named to captain as the West Indies Cricket Board announced the 15 players on Friday. The squad includes 11 members of the championship-winning team from 2012. On that occasion West Indies beat Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa Stadium to win the title, with Sammy at the helm.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Windies are ranked Number One on the ICC Twenty20 table. The squad will assemble in the United Arab Emirates for a camp from February 22 to March 6.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They will then travel to Kolkata on March 7 ahead of the tournament. The official warm-up matches will be on Thursday, March 10, and Sunday, March 13.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">West Indies have been drawn in Group 1 of the Super 10 stage where they will play alongside England, South Africa, Sri Lanka, and one of the qualifiers from the first round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>FULL SQUAD<\/strong>: Darren Sammy (Captain), Samuel Badree, Sulieman Benn, Darren Bravo, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Fletcher, Chris Gayle,Jason Holder, Sunil Narine, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuel, Lendl Simmon, Jerome Taylor<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>WICB Media Release<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n",
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