{
    "id": "17823",
    "author": "13",
    "cnmid": "0",
    "title": "Cricketer Shadab Jakati joins political party in Goa",
    "lang": "en",
    "series": "20",
    "cup_year": "2016",
    "article_type": "General",
    "excerpt": "",
    "subtype": "",
    "editor1": "<p><strong>Panaji, July 23 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong> Left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati, who is one of the two cricketers from Goa to have played in the Indian Premier League (IPL), on Saturday joined a regional political outfit in the poll-bound state.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Announcing his decision on Twitter, Jakati said he he plans to bring the ethos of the &quot;gentleman&#39;s game&quot; to the field of politics.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Read&nbsp;Shadab Jakati&#39;s Tweet here \u25ba<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&rsquo;ve decided to bat, bowl and field for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoaForward?src=hash\">#GoaForward<\/a> on the political pitch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VijaiSardesai\">@VijaiSardesai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoaForwardParty\">@GoaForwardParty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7HZ2O2fDnj\">pic.twitter.com\/7HZ2O2fDnj<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; Shadab Jakati (@jakati27) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jakati27\/status\/756772763944222721\">July 23, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Cricket is my life! Now it&#39;s time to take Goa Forward n make politics a gentleman&#39;s game,&quot; said Jakati, who played under limited overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the now-banned Chennai Super Kings (CSK) franchise.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sources in the new regional political outfit &#39;Goa Forward&#39;, which has signed the Vasco-based Jakati said that the spinner could be fielded as a candidate from the Dabolim legislative assembly constituency in South Goa, which located close to Jakati&#39;s home.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-special\/brendon-mccullum-picks-his-all-time-playing-eleven--17195\">Brendon McCullum picks his all-time playing eleven.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It is however, not yet clear whether Jakati will quit playing for his current franchise Gujarat Lions after taking the political plunge.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Speaking to a news agency, Goa Forward spokesperson Durgadas Kamat said: &quot;He has been impressed with Goa Forward&#39;s model of projecting and promoting young fresh faces as espoused by Fatorda MLA VIjay Sardesai (who is currently a party mentor). He believes Goa Forward will take the youth and Goa forward&quot;.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-special\/eoin-morgan-picks-his-all-time-playing-eleven--17199\">Eoin Morgan picks his all-time playing eleven.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Goa Forward is expected to formally welcome Jakati into its fold at a formal function later on Saturday. The smallest state in India is expected to go to poll in early 2017.<\/p>\r\n",
    "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2016\/07\/shadab-jakati.jpg",
    "alt_img": "Shadab Jakati Image",
    "alt_title": "Shadab Jakati",
    "image1": "",
    "video": "",
    "seo_title": "Cricketer Shadab Jakati joins political party in Goa",
    "seo_desc": "Cricketer Shadab Jakati joins political party in GoaPanaji, July 23 (CRICKETNMORE): Left-arm spinner Shadab Jakati, who is one of the two cricketers from Goa to",
    "seo_keywords": "Shadab Jakati, Cricket",
    "tag": "",
    "tagging": "",
    "status": "1",
    "img_rpt": "0",
    "google": "0",
    "standout": "0",
    "edapps": "0",
    "pulse": "0",
    "no_index": "0",
    "feed": "0",
    "fixture": "0",
    "slug": "left-arm-spinner-shadab-jakati-joins-political-party-in-goa",
    "user_id": "0",
    "read_count": "0",
    "ians_date": "0000-00-00",
    "ians_time": "00:00:00",
    "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
    "trash": "0",
    "view_count": "2618",
    "page_break": "0",
    "instant_articles": "0",
    "auto_link": "0",
    "created": "2016-07-23 16:57:00",
    "updated": "2016-07-23 16:57:00",
    "img_from": "",
    "img_source": "",
    "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
    "news_keywords": null,
    "livescore_text": null,
    "livescore_link": null,
    "btn_text": null,
    "resend_feed": "0",
    "google_feed": "0",
    "read_more": "0",
    "posted_by": "1",
    "jio_date": "2016-07-23 16:57:00",
    "scheduled": "0",
    "news_now": "1",
    "breaking_news": "0",
    "google_date": "2016-07-23 16:57:00",
    "featured": "0",
    "pred_match_id": null,
    "article_content_type": null,
    "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/left-arm-spinner-shadab-jakati-joins-political-party-in-goa-17823"
}