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    "excerpt": "Lahore, Feb 5 (IANS) Pakistan Thursday named left-arm medium pacer Rahat Ali as the replacement for unfit pacer Junaid Khan in their World Cup squad.\r\n",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Lahore, Feb 5 (IANS)&nbsp;Pakistan Thursday named left-arm medium pacer Rahat Ali as the replacement for unfit pacer Junaid Khan in their World Cup squad.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe 26-year-old Rahat, who has taken 31 wickets in 11 Tests, has played just one One-Day International (ODI) in June 2012 against Sri Lanka and went wicketless. He was not even included in the country&#39;s preliminary 30-member squad for the quadrennial event starting Feb 14.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;PCB chairman Shaharyar M. Khan on the recommendation of chief selector Moin Khan has approved Rahat Ali as a replacement for injured Junaid Khan for World Cup,&quot; a statement in the PCB website read.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe board said it has already sent a request to the technical committee of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the replacement.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;PCB has sent a request to ICC Technical Committee to approve Rahat Ali as a replacement.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nEarlier in the week, left-armer Junaid was ruled out of the 14-nation tournament. He failed to recover from a hamstring injury.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nPakistan head to the World Cup having suffered home and away series losses to New Zealand. They open their World Cup campaign against arch-rivals India at the Adelaide Oval Feb 15.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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