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    "excerpt": "After watching A.B. de Villiers from close quarters as he smashed a 38 ball 66 against Rajasthan Royals",
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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Pune, May 21 (IANS) After watching A.B. de Villiers from close quarters as he smashed a 38 ball 66 against Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League Eliminator on Wednesday night, Mandeep Singh says he has learnt a lot from the South African including how to keep one&#39;s head still while playing a shot.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;There are a lot of things that I try to do like A.B. I want to have my head still the way he does in each shot. I have learnt a lot from him already and whatever he has taught me, I have straightaway incorporated those things in my game.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;It is already helping me in my game and I can see a lot of positive results in my batting,&quot; Mandeep was quoted as saying by iplt20.com on Thursday after he and de Villiers had shared a 113-run partnership in the game against the Royals.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;I have worked on the balance of my head. Initially when I was playing my shots, the completion of the shot would end with my head leaning towards the off-stump. I spoke to him regarding the same and asked him for suggestions to improve that aspect. I initially used to think that the arms go wider while playing your shots and that&#39;s the reason your head tends to fall,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;He cleared that cloud around me and asked me to have my head still around the middle stump after the completion of a shot. These are very technical details but these are the things that I have learnt and am trying to improve on,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Against the Royals, Mandeep remained unbeaten on 54 from 34 balls to help his side post a formidable 180\/4 which Rajasthan failed to chase down.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;This half century is very satisfying because we wanted to get a score of 150 plus on this pitch and I was happy to stay there right till the very end,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;De Villiers and I thought that anything around 150 would be great and finishing on 180 was very satisfying. I think the occasion of this innings makes it a lot more valuable.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;Getting an important knock in the eliminator is really heartening because it was a big occasion. I feel I played really well in this game,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Speaking about sharing batting space with de Villiers in the century stand, Mandeep said: &quot;When we were just around 60 runs in 10 overs, we just wanted to bat and try to build a partnership from there on. We wanted to keep things simple and watch the ball closely and hit it.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;I knew if A.B. spent a little more time in the middle, he would get ruthless in the end. I had the confidence that A.B. would see us through.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Mandeep added&quot;&quot;I think even modern day cricketers consider him his idol. It is like a dream come true to be playing with him.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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