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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Lahore, Feb 2 (IANS) In a setback for Pakistan, left-arm fast bowler Junaid Khan has been ruled out for the World Cup after failing to pass his fitness test Monday.<\/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;\">Khan was one of the senior pacers in the team which already includes Moham&shy;mad Irfan, Wahab Riaz and young fast bowler Ehsan Adil.<\/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;\">&quot;I&#39;m sorry I couldn&#39;t pass the fitness test. But perhaps this was God&#39;s will. My prayers are with the Pakistan team,&quot; Khan wrote on social networking site Twitter Monday.<\/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 25-year-old suffered a hamstring injury in his right leg while practicing at the national training camp at the Gaddafi Stadium before Pakistan&#39;s departure for New Zealand to play in the mega 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;\">Pakistan are already without the services of suspended off-spinner Saeed Ajmal and injured pacer Umar Gul, alongwith Mohammad Hafeez who will not be bowling in the quadrennial tournament because of a suspect bowling action. Hafeez, however, is in the team purely as a batsman.<\/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;\">Right-arm pacer Bilawal Bhatti, who was brought in as Junaid&#39;s replacement for Pakistan&#39;s two-match series against New Zealand, is expected to fill his boots for the World Cup as well.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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