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    "excerpt": "Bengaluru, May 17:\u00a0Director of cricket for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Mike Hesson has said that the Virat Kohli-led franchise will be ready for the Indian Premier League (IPL) whenever it take",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Bengaluru, May 17:<\/strong>&nbsp;Director of cricket for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Mike Hesson has said that the Virat Kohli-led franchise will be ready for the Indian Premier League (IPL) whenever it takes place this year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 13th edition of the IPL has been postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. Hesson said he is hopeful of the cash-rich T20 league seeing the light of day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Speaking on Star Sports&#39; show Cricket Connected, Former New Zealand coach Hesson said the team were a week away from their camp when the deadly virus hit the world and forced all activities to take the back seat. The full show will be aired on Monday at 7 p.m &amp; 9 p.m. on Star Sports &amp; Disney+Hotstar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We were obviously a week away from coming into camp like everybody else. So we were feeling quite advanced in terms of our planning and quite rightfully now its been put on hold,&quot; Hesson said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Everybody&#39;s going about their work and there are other priorities at the moment that people are focusing on.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We are still really hopeful that things will evolve and there will be an IPL this year. And if there is, I can assure you that RCB will be ready,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Recently, India and RCB captain Kohli asserted that he is never going to leave the franchise and will keep attempting to end the team&#39;s trophy drought.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>RCB have made it to three finals since the inception of the IPL but have returned with the runners-up medal on every occasion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I can never think of leaving this team. To have that loyalty. Till I am playing IPL, I am never leaving this team. We know we both want to win a title,&quot; Kohli had said to his star teammate and South Africa batting great AB de Villiers during an Instagram live chat.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wondering how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lockdown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lockdown<\/a> is going in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RCBTweets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RCBTweets<\/a> camp?<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachHesson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CoachHesson<\/a> has the answers!<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nCatch him on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CricketConnected?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CricketConnected<\/a>, tonight at 7 PM &amp; 9 PM on Star Sports &amp; Disney+Hotstar! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Zja4MLds8\">pic.twitter.com\/2Zja4MLds8<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarSportsIndia\/status\/1261891785447501825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>",
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