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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Kolkata, March 12 (Cricketnmore):&nbsp;<\/strong>The Pakistan cricket team finally set foot on Indian soil on Saturday evening amidst tight security to take part in the World Twenty20.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With elite commandos, Rapid Action Force personnel and crack teams from the city and state police putting up several layers of security, the Shahid Afridi-led Pakistan squad reached the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at 7.44 p.m., ending weeks of uncertainty over their arrival.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The visitors travelled from Lahore to Abu Dhabi and rested there for some time before boarding an Etihad flight to reach the city, where they will be staying for around a week to tune up for the big tournament, play a warm-up game and then engage in a mouth-watering clash with India on March 19.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Pakistan government on Friday officially decided to send the cricketers to take part in the ongoing World Twenty20 tournament.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The decision came after Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the Pakistan cricket team will be provided adequate security during their World Twenty20 campaign in India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;Whosoever will come to India will be secured,&quot; Rajnath told reporters in Ghaziabad, near the Indian capital, on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The team was originally scheduled to depart for India on Tuesday evening. But the departure was delayed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as they awaited the report of a three-member team sent to review security arrangements in India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Wednesday that the India-Pakistan match has been shunted out of Dharamsala, the PCB had said on Thursday that the team will be allowed to leave for the World T20 early on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the team&#39;s departure was further postponed later on Thursday when the Pakistan government insisted on written assurances from the Indian authorities.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The delay has affected the Pakistan team&#39;s preparations for the World T20 as the warm-up game against the Bengal state team, which was scheduled for Saturday, has been cancelled.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Agency.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Video of Pakistan Cricket team&#39;s arrival in Kolkata. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cricket?src=hash\">#Cricket<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WT20?src=hash\">#WT20<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QUJvFK0hL0\">pic.twitter.com\/QUJvFK0hL0<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; Faizan Lakhani (@faizanlakhani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/faizanlakhani\/status\/708683304317353984\">March 12, 2016<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>",
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