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    "excerpt": "Kolkata, March 17 -\u00a0The South African cricket team left for Dubai on Tuesday morning after spending a day at a city hotel in the state capital with the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) taking all ",
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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><em><strong>Kolkata, March 17 -&nbsp;The South African cricket team left for Dubai on Tuesday morning after spending a day at a city hotel in the state capital with the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) taking all the necessary precautions for their safe return home amid the coronavirus outbreak.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe Quinton de Kock-led South African side chose &#39;safest city&#39; Kolkata over New Delhi after the three-match ODI series was cancelled and the players and the support staff stayed put in Lucknow where the second match was slated to be held last week.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe entire contingent flew to Kolkata on Monday afternoon and was received by CAB president Avishek Dalmiya, secretary Snehasish Ganguly and joint-secretary Debabrata Das.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nKolkata is yet to record a single positive case of COVID-19.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;They have left for Dubai safely this morning. From there, they will leave for their respective destinations. They were very pleased with CAB&#39;s arrangements and precautionary measures,&quot; Avishek told IANS.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe rooms of all the players and support staff were sanitised with the CAB&#39;s liaison manager and medical team present in two rooms. All were equipped with special masks and sanitiser.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe first ODI in Dharamsala was washed out without a ball being bowled with the BCCI later calling off the remaining matches saying they would work out with Cricket South Africa to reschedule the ODI rubber.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nCricket South Africa (CSA) also announced on Monday that it has terminated all forms of cricket in the country amid the rising concerns over the coronavirus pandemic.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nMeanwhile, CAB is considering closing its office for the next four days starting Tuesday much like the BCCI and the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) which have also shut shop as a precautionary measure.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>IANS<\/p>\r\n",
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