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    "title": "Team India to host Afghanistan for first-ever Test",
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    "excerpt": "New Delhi, Dec 11 (Cricketnmore) India will host newly promoted Test side Afghanistan for their first-ever Test match, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Monday.\r\n",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>New Delhi, Dec 11 (Cricketnmore):<\/strong> India will host newly promoted Test side Afghanistan for their first-ever Test match, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The dates of the historic Test will be chalked out later, BCCI acting Secretary Amitabh Choudhary announced after a Special General Meeting here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He said India will also host 81 matches across all the three formats from 2019 to 2023 according to the new Future Tours Programme (FTP).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Afghans were scheduled to play their first Test in 2019 versus Australia but considering the historic relationship between India and Afghanistan, we decided to host their first Test,&quot; Choudhary told reporters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The next FTP cycle at home will include high-profile series against England, South Africa and Australia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Among other important decisions taken at the SGM were lifting the ban on the Rajasthan Cricket Association, provided former IPL czar Lalit Modi stays away from its functioning.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Yes, the ban on the RCA has been lifted but with certain conditions,&quot; BCCI acting President C.K. Khanna told IANS.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The RCA was suspended by the Indian cricket board in May 2014 when ex-Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Modi was re-elected its president.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Since its suspension in 2014, RCA&#39;s cricket affairs are being looked after by the BCCI.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The RCA filed a suit against its suspension by the BCCI, to which the board had asked the association to withdraw all pending cases and not to involve the cricket board in any case.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) already dissolved the ad-hoc committee that was constituted to run the affairs in Rajasthan cricket, paving the way for the ban to go.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The BCCI also decided against coming under the jurisdiction of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and reiterated that it already follows the regulations laid down by World Anti Doping Agency (WADA).<\/p>\r\n",
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