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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Kolkata, April 7 (IANS) Skippers of the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams on Tuesday pledged their allegiance to the Marylebone Cricket Club&#39;s (MCC) Spirit of Cricket campaign during the glitzy inaugural ceremony at the Salt Lake stadium here.<\/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;\">Seven of the Indian teams present on the occasion signed the spirit of cricket bat to pledge their allegiance to the campaign.<\/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 skippers, one after another, trooped on to the stage as their names were called by former Indian skipper Ravi Shastri, who conducted this part of the show before a crowd of around 15,000.<\/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;\">Indian ODI skipper M.S. Dhoni, who leads the three-time winners Chennai Super Kings in the IPL, was the first to sign the bat. Another Indian cricket star and Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli was the last.<\/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;\">Sunrisers Hyderabad&#39;s David Warner was the only captain who was not present. His teammate Shikhar Dhawan put his signature on the bat on behalf of the Australian.<\/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;\">During its first edition In April, 2008, the IPL had pledged its allegiance to the MCC&#39;s Spirit of Cricket campaign, and it has been reaffirming it every year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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