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    "title": "Pakistan World Cup squad chosen based on nepotism",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Islamabad, Jan 13 (IANS) Former batsman Mohsin Hasan Khan has alleged that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selectors have chosen the country&#39;s World Cup squad based on nepotism, which can hamper their chances of winning the quadrennial event.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Seeing the final squad for the World Cup, it seems personal interests were preferred over national interests which will cost the Pakistan team heavily,&rdquo; the former chief selector was quoted as saying by Pakistani daily The Nation.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The former head coach fumed at the fact that names like leg-spinner Yasir Shah and pacer Sohail Khan feature in the squad and termed the selection sarcastically, &ldquo;quite amazing&quot;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Mohsin also felt that fast bowlers Umar Gul, Junaid Khan and Mohammed Irfan were over utilised and as a result, fizzed out before the world event.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The 59-year-old regretted the fact that premier all-rounders were overlooked when most teams depended on them to deliver match-winning performances.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;All the major teams of the world mostly rely on all-rounders to deliver for the team but Pakistan, having natural gifted all-rounders in shape of Anwar Ali and Bilawal Bhatti, didn&rsquo;t consider any all-rounder for the mega event,&rdquo; he added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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