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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">Bangalore, June 2 (IANS\/CMC) Indian batting star Gautam Gambhir has backed Sunil Narine&#39;s decision to remain with Kolkata Knight Riders for the Indian Premier League (IPL) final, instead of returning to the Caribbean for the ongoing West Indies training camp.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">Off-spinner Narine was required to return by Sunday - the same day as the IPL final - and his failure to do so meant he was ruled ineligible for selection for the three-Test series against New Zealand, starting Sunday in Jamaica, reports CMC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">&quot;It is unfair for the player. His team has reached the final and he is being forced to miss the final,&quot; said Gambhir, Narine&#39;s KKR captain.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">&quot;Somewhere down the line, you as a cricketer don&#39;t want to do that where you have taken the team to the final and you just walk away. It is just one game which is left and you have to leave that game. He has taken the right decision (to play the final).&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">Narine is the leader of the KKR attack and his 21 wickets and remarkable economy rate of six an over, has been at the core of the team&#39;s success this season. He was central to their performance when they were crowned champions two years ago.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">The 26-year-old Trinidadian was expected to be a key member of the West Indies attack in the upcoming series but will now be available only for the two Twenty20 Internationals that follow the Tests.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">Gambhir, who has been overlooked by India for nearly 18 months, said he would have made the same decision if confronted by the same circumstances.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">&quot;He wanted to continue playing for KKR because it is an important game, not a dead rubber,&quot; the 32-year-old Gambhir said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">&quot;Any player would have taken the (same) decision, so I completely support him. If I were to be in his position, I would have done the same thing,&quot; he added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms,helvetica,sans-serif\">--IANS\/CMC<br \/>\r\nvs\/ks\/rd<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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