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    "excerpt": "Mumbai, July 18 (CRICKETNMORE):  Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj, who wanted to be a dancer, says it was her fathers decision to put her into the cricket. Raj shared interesting facts from her life on the "Breakfast with",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Mumbai, July 18 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong> &nbsp;Indian women&#39;s cricket team captain Mithali Raj, who wanted to be a dancer, says it was her fathers decision to put her into the cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Raj shared interesting facts from her life on the &quot;Breakfast with Champions&quot; show hosted by Gaurav Kapur, a statement said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It was my dad&#39;s decision to put me into cricket and of course my mother did not wanted me to be a cricketer. She wanted me to be a dancer. I started dance much before I got into cricket and it was something of my own choice. I wanted to be a dancer,&quot; Raj said on the show.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The cricketer said she enjoyed dancing.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I enrolled myself and then cricket happened because of various reasons. My parents had to face a lot of challenges. Coming from a south Indian family, cricket was nowhere and no one played sport in my family and for my grandparents to expect that their granddaughter plays cricket with boys was difficult,&quot; she said.<\/p>\r\n",
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