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    "excerpt": "South Africa's director of cricket Graeme Smith has thanked BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah and the Indian team for showing 'faith' in Cricket South Africa (CSA)",
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    "editor1": "<p>South Africa&#39;s director of cricket Graeme Smith has thanked BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah and the Indian team for showing &#39;faith&#39; in Cricket South Africa (CSA) to organise the tour of the country, which concluded on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The tour was seen as a major financial boost for the struggling Cricket South Africa.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India were touted as favourites to win a Test series in the Rainbow Nation against an inexperienced South African team. However, the visiting side went on to lose the Test series 1-2 and then fell to a 0-3 humiliation in the ODI series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>As the tour came to an end, Smith took to Twitter to thank the Indian cricket board (BCCI) officials.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Big thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BCCI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BCCI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JayShah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JayShah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SGanguly99?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SGanguly99<\/a> and the Indian players and management for the faith you showed in SA cricket&rsquo;s ability to pull off a safe and successful tour. Your commitment at an uncertain time has set the example that a lot can follow.<\/p>\r\n&mdash; Graeme Smith (@GraemeSmith49) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GraemeSmith49\/status\/1485312319743799296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 23, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<p>Cricket South Africa has been struggling with financial problems for the past two years and it has been worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic. Earlier, England and Australia both cancelled their tours of the country after a spike in positive cases.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"  https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/australia-vs-england-ashes\">Ashes 2021-22 - England vs Australia Schedule and Squads<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Australia had postponed a three-match Test tour of South Africa -- due to Covid-19 risk -- last year. Whereas, England had returned home mid-way during the limited-overs series in South Africa after a COVID-19 outbreak in a bio-bubble arrangement in South Africa in December 2020.<\/p>\r\n",
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