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    "excerpt": "Kolkata, April 17 (CRICKETNMORE) - The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced that its Technical Committee has unanimously approved the inclusion of Bihar in the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 season. The Sourav Ganguly-led technical committee decided to",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Kolkata, April 17 (CRICKETNMORE) -&nbsp;<\/strong>The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday announced that its Technical Committee has unanimously approved the inclusion of Bihar in the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Sourav Ganguly-led technical committee decided to adhere to the recommendation of the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) and decided to reinstate Bihar in next year&#39;s Ranji Trophy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;However, the committee felt in the view of the Hon&#39;ble Supreme Court of India&#39;s judgment dated July 18, 2016, the North Eastern associates and affiliate members must also be considered,&quot; a statement read.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The recommendations of the Technical Committee will be sent to the CoA and then ratified by the BCCI general body.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>If Bihar is included, the upcoming Ranji season will have 29 teams.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Bihar Cricket Association was suspended in 2004. Bihar also suffered due to various factions claiming that their association is the recognised one.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Meanwhile, the BCCI also declared that the Ranji Trophy 2018-19 season proposes to have four groups with the introduction of pre-quarterfinals. The format will remain as the Home-Away basis.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Deodhar Trophy is proposed to have four teams, one each from the four Ranji Trophy groups.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It was also proposed that the sequence of the BCCI 2018-19 domestic season will be in the following order -- Duleep Trophy, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Ranji Trophy League phase, Mushtaq Ali T20, Ranji Trophy knockouts, Deodhar Trophy.<\/p>\r\n",
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