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    "title": "Sri Lanka minister prevents cricketers from travelling to India",
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    "excerpt": "Colombo, Dec 5 (Cricketnmore) Sri Lanka Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera has prevented the national One-day International (ODI) squad from leaving the country for not getting his approval before selecting the team.\r\n",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Colombo, Dec 5 (Cricketnmore):<\/strong> Sri Lanka Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera has prevented the national One-day International (ODI) squad from leaving the country for not getting his approval before selecting the team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The minister had forced nine cricketers of the squad to disembark a flight to India on Monday night.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The selectors had made the selection on the first (of December) but as they were unable to come to a final decision on the inclusion of certain players, the squad was delayed in being sent to me,&quot; Jayasekera was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The three-match ODI series between India and Sri Lanka will begin in Dharamsala on December 10.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The country&#39;s sports law states that all Sri Lankan national squads are subject to the sports minister&#39;s approval.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;How can I approve a team at such short notice? If you go by the sports law, it requires the list to be sent three weeks prior to leaving,&quot; he told the the Daily Mirror.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Here, they are sending a team just three to four hours before leaving the country. So I had to recall them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I have nothing against the players. In fact, Thisara (Perera) called me last night from the flight and said, &#39;Sir we have already boarded&#39;. But I told him, &#39;Nothing doing&#39;. If I allowed them to go, I am setting a precedent here,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Most players reached the airport around 9pm on Monday. Left-arm spinner Sachith Pathirana had even boarded the flight, but they were told to go back home as the team didn&#39;t have the approval of the minister of sports,&quot; a cricket official was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.<\/p>\r\n",
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