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    "excerpt": "New Delhi, Dec 13 (CRICKETNMORE) - Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday signed former Australia batsman Brad Hodge as head coach on a three-year contract. According to a report by espncricinfo, Hodge, who held a similar",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>New Delhi, Dec 13 (CRICKETNMORE) -<\/strong> Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Kings XI Punjab on Wednesday signed former Australia batsman Brad Hodge as head coach on a three-year contract.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>According to a report by espncricinfo, Hodge, who held a similar role with Gujarat Lions for the last two seasons, will report to Virender Sehwag, the franchise&#39;s mentor-cum director of cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The head coach&#39;s job was informally held by Sehwag after Team India batting coach Sanjay Bangar resigned in December 2016.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 42-year-old Hodge continues to feature as an active player and will be playing for Melbourne Renegades in the 2017-18 Big Bash League (BBL) before joining the Punjab franchise as the head coach.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We have signed a three-year agreement with Brad, who will be our head coach,&quot; Kings XI Punjab co-owner Ness Wadia was quoted as saying.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Viru (Sehwag) will be actively involved, too, as our director of cricket.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>THe Kings XI Punjab had a mixed 2017 season, where they were in the reckoning for the play-offs until they lost to Rising Pune Supergiant, the runners-up, in their final league match.<\/p>\r\n",
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