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    "excerpt": "New Delhi, July 19 (CRICKETNMORE):  Former India batsman and Uttar Pradesh captain Mohammad Kaif on Thursday reacted sharply to the alleged bribery scandal unearthed by a sting operation, which claimed that a member of Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>New Delhi, July 19 (CRICKETNMORE): &nbsp;<\/strong>Former India batsman and Uttar Pradesh captain Mohammad Kaif on Thursday reacted sharply to the alleged bribery scandal unearthed by a sting operation, which claimed that a member of Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla&#39;s personal staff sought bribes to facilitate selection of players.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>A local Hindi news channel telecast an alleged phone conversation between Akram Saifi, an executive assistant of Shukla, and cricketer Rahul Sharma in which Saifi is heard seeking favours in &quot;cash and kind&quot; to ensure Sharma&#39;s selection in the state team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kaif urged Shukla, who is currently the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) secretary, to ensure a fair probe into the allegations and weed out corruption from the association.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Shocked to hear about the extent of corruption in UP Cricket. Young talent being curbed by corrupt agents asking for favours. Hope @ShuklaRajiv ji ensures a fair investigation and justice to the young talent &amp; helps restore UP Cricket.,&quot; Kaif, who recently retired from all forms of cricket wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I stand by all those who have been exploited,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>While Saifi has denied all the charges, Sharma, a little known cricketer has alleged that the former had sought favours for including him in the state team.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Shocked to hear about the extent of corruption in UP Cricket. Young talent being curbed by corrupt agents asking for favours. Hope <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShuklaRajiv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ShuklaRajiv<\/a> ji ensures a fair investigation and justice to the young talent &amp; helps restore UP Cricket.I stand by all those who have been exploited<\/p>\r\n&mdash; Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MohammadKaif\/status\/1019806727628353541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>",
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