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    "excerpt": "The Indian Premier League's Kolkata Knight Riders, co-owned by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, have become a key partner in the bid to launch Major League Cricket in the United States, the tea",
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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"color:#3498db\"><strong>The Indian Premier League&#39;s Kolkata Knight Riders, co-owned by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, have become a key partner in the bid to launch Major League Cricket in the United States, the team said on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The two-time IPL champions have signed on for a &quot;long-term strategic partnership (that) will include financial investment and significant expertise&quot;, a statement said.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Major League Cricket, featuring six city-based franchises, is aiming to launch in 2022, bringing &quot;world-class T20 cricket to America for the very first time&quot;, it added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;For several years now, we have been expanding the Knight Riders brand globally and closely watching the potential for T20 cricket in the USA,&quot; Khan said in the statement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We are convinced that Major League Cricket has all the pieces in place to execute on its plans and we look forward to making our partnership an enormous success.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The announcement did not say whether the Knight Riders will hold a controlling stake in the new Twenty20 league whose parent company, American Cricket Enterprises, aims to bring in top players from around the world.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>ACE last month said an unused baseball stadium in Texas will be converted into a permanent cricket venue as part of plans to bring the T20 World Cup to America by 2031.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Efforts to popularise cricket in the United States have been sporadic. In 2015, Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar and Australian spin legend Shane Warne played an All-Stars series in New York, Houston and Los Angeles.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In September, American fast bowler Ali Khan joined up with the Knight Riders at the IPL in United Arab Emirates, but was unable to play because of injury.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Khan, 29, played a key role in the US gaining ODI status at the World Cricket League Division Two event in Namibia last year.<\/p>\r\n",
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