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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Florida, Aug 25 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong> Indian cricketers Ravichandran Ashwin, Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Thursday visited the home arena of American professional basketball club Miami Heats here.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/cricket-and-india-are-going-places--18753\"><span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">Special: Cricket and India are going places.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Indian cricket team is in the United States to play a two-match Twenty20 International series against reigning World T20 champions West Indies at the Central Broward Regional Park here on August 27 and 28.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The latest recruits of the Miami Heats -- Tyler Johnson and Briante Weber -- hosted the Indian trio at their home ground, The American Airlines Arena.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Indian players were taken around the locker room, gymnasium and the recuperation centre before indulging in a brief bout of play between the five of them.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-special\/ramiz-raja-picks-his-all-time-playing-eleven--18690\"><span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">Ramiz Raja picks his all-time playing eleven.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Shikhar and Bhuvneshwar were chatting up the hosts, while Ashwin seemed to have gone back to his school days of playing basketball.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It was great fun. I am very happy we could make it here. Exchanging thoughts about how the sports have transformed with the latest technology is always good. While I tried to explain to these guys how cricket is played, they in return taught me the finer details of basketball,&quot; Dhawan said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Bhuvneshwar said: &quot;It was great to see these guys and learn about their game. I was impressed with the facilities here and it was a learning experience for me to see the amount of technology being used in sports science.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Speaking about his visit to the Miami Heats home arena, off-spinner Ashwin said: &quot;I&#39;ve played a bit of basketball during my school days so that got me really excited while I tried my hand again after so many years. I am thankful to both Weber and Johnson for taking time out and showing us around their home turf.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The other Indian players had a field day in the new country as some of them went around shopping, while a few others chose to relax at the hotel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The social media handles of players and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) were active with posts and pictures ever since they landed in the US.<\/p>\r\n",
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