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    "title": "No. I am not thinking about retiring - Virender Sehwag",
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    "excerpt": "Virender Sehwag has ruled out the possibility of retiring from cricket and has expressed his insistence on playing for \"atleast the next two years.\"",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS)&nbsp;Sidelined India batsman <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: justify;\">Virender Sehwag<\/span><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"> has ruled out the possibility of retiring from cricket and has expressed his insistence on playing for &quot;atleast the next two years.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSehwag was dropped from the impending World Cup&#39;s 30-member preliminary squad following a prolonged form slump. The right-handed batsman said he was still keen to play competitive cricket and has no imminent plans of quitting the game.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;I am still playing. And till the time I continue to play, I am not thinking about anything else. I will not consider quitting till I have the desire to play,&quot; the right-handed batsman said on the sidelines of a press conference after being unveiled as a judge of cricket commentary for a radio channel here Monday.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;No. I am not thinking about retiring. Atleast not for the next two years. Am only thinking about my game at the moment.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBut he has made peace with the fact that he won&#39;t be part of the World Cup team in 2015. Sehwag was among five integral players of the 2011-Cup winning team who were dropped from the 30-member preliminary squad for this year&#39;s edition starting Feb 14.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nHe, however, wished luck to the team selected for defending the Cup saying it has got a strong chance of reaching the semi-finals.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;From there it depends on how the team plays in that particular match. The youngsters in the team are good. We have a good batting line-up.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe 36-year-old also dismissed views that India&#39;s trying Australia tour, in which they lost the four-match Test series 0-2 and failed to qualify for the final of the tri-series also involving England, would have any negative effect on the team&#39;s title defence.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;No effect on current form would fall in the World Cup, specially for batsmen. The team would try to produce their best irrespective of the form.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIn the 2003 Cup in South Africa, not many gave us a fighting chance of playing well, but we managed to reach the final.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;We are still the defending champions. In cricket up and down in form happens. The players don&#39;t worry about it too much. They focus on their performance because they need to play well even after the World Cup to remain in the team.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe destructive batsman also said that the different nature of the pitches in Australia would play a part in determining the outcome of the tournament.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nHe noted that the new field restrictions of having to keep five players within the 30-yard circle would make life difficult for India&#39;s part-time bowlers.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;Effects of different nature of wickets would be felt by teams. Earlier it was mandatory to keep only four fielders within the 30-yard circle. But now you need to keep five players. The new five-man rule would be a disadvantage for India. Due to this stipulation, the all-rounders&#39; role would be crucial,&quot; he opined.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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