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    "excerpt": "Melbourne, April 14:\u00a0Former Australia allrounder Shane Watson is desperately hoping for things to improve and the COVID-19 to go away so that he can play \"atleast one more year\" for Indian Premier Le",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Melbourne, April 14:<\/strong>&nbsp;Former Australia allrounder Shane Watson is desperately hoping for things to improve and the COVID-19 to go away so that he can play &quot;atleast one more year&quot; for Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Chennai Super Kings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced an extension of the current nationwide lockdown till May 3, claiming social distancing is the only way to pass the &quot;agni pariksha&quot;. This means the IPL, which has already been postponed, would be pushed back even further.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Hopefully the things will sort of work out in the next few days and I will be able to play atleast one more year with CSK,&quot; Watson, 38, told CSK social media handles during a video chat.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;To be able to share love of CSK, all around India not just in Chennai. And that&#39;s the thing that blows me away. It is not just in Chennai but wherever we go, the support that we get is very strong.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;So I hope this virus moves on and I have the pleasure to re-join CSK for some more time,&quot; said the powerful all-rounder who quit international cricket in 2016 and stood down as Sydney Thunder&#39;s captain in the Big Bash League last year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Watson also spoke about braving a sore and bloody knee during the 2019 IPL final to score 80 off just 59 balls before he got out off the third-last ball of the match, with his team within four runs of victory. CSK eventually lost by one run to Mumbai Indians in a thrilling summit clash in Hyderabad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I had absolutely no idea that had occurred. It wasn&#39;t until actually when I was walking off after I had run myself out in the last over and stuffed it for CSK (laughs). The chance to win another final. So I was walking off and I saw blood and a cut,&quot; Watson narrated.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It cut through my pants. I thought it must have been because of my dive. But it wasn&#39;t actually till the next day when my wife mentioned &#39;there was blood on your pants&#39; like it was before that. There might have been some dive or dodgy run or whatever in the first few overs where I might have dived,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n",
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