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    "excerpt": "Kabul, Dec 11 (Cricketnmore) Reacting to the BCCI's decision to host Afghanistan for their first ever Test match against India, Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) Chairman Atif Mashal on Monday called it a historic moment for his country.\r\n",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Kabul, Dec 11 (Cricketnmore)<\/strong> Reacting to the BCCI&#39;s decision to host Afghanistan for their first ever Test match against India, Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) Chairman Atif Mashal on Monday called it a historic moment for his country.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I would like to thank @BCCI for a fruitful meeting in which we agreed that Afghanistan will play its inaugural Test match against India, which will be a historic moment for Afghanistan cricket,&quot; Mashal tweeted shortly after BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary announced it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier in the day, the ACB confirmed that the newly-promoted Test side will play their maiden five-dayer with India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;@ACBofficials and @BCCI have agreed that Afghanistan will play its first test match against India. The exact date and venue of the historic match will be shared in a joint press conference with @BCCI in due course,&quot; read the tweet from ACB.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Announcing the development after the BCCI&#39;s Special General Meeting here on Monday, Choudhary said the dates of the historic Test will be chalked out later.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Afghans were scheduled to play their first Test in 2019 versus Australia but considering the historic relationship between India and Afghanistan, we decided to host their first Test,&quot; Choudhary told reporters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He said India will also host 81 matches across all the three formats from 2019 to 2023 according to the new Future Tours Programme (FTP).<\/p>\r\n",
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