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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Fatullah (Bangladesh), June 9 (IANS) With the India series knocking on the door, Bangladesh batsman Mominul Haque has set his sights on South African skipper AB de Villiers&#39; record of 12 consecutive scores of 50 runs or above in Test matches.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The hosts trained at Fatullah&#39;s Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium for the third straight day on Tuesday. Mominul spoke to the journalists after the practice, reports bdnews24.com.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The Tigers&#39; top-order batsman went past Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar&rsquo;s record of 10 half-centuries during the last Test against Pakistan last month. He is sitting beside West Indies legend Viv Richards, Gautum Gambhir and Virender Sehwag.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The 23-year old, however, is reluctant to compare himself with de Villiers. &quot;I&#39;m not even near him. You know of his mastery in all formats. I don&rsquo;t think I am his competitor,&quot; he said. De Villiers built his record from November 2012 to February 2014.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Bangladesh will take on India in a one-off Test starting from Wednesday in Fatullah. &nbsp;Mominul, who averages 60 in 14 matches with four centuries and nine half-centuries, said he wanted to reach the milestone to please the fans. &quot;I am not really thinking about beside whom I&rsquo;ll sit. I will just try to meet the expectations of the people and my target.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The left-hander has a string of scores of at least 50 since October 2013 in 11 Tests. He has established himself as a &quot;Test specialist&quot; with the fantastic run in the most prestigious form of the game after failing to shine in other formats.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Mominul, however, is willing to make amends and show his talent in One-Day Internationals (ODIs) and T20Is as well.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;I will get better chances if I do well. If I think too much about it, I risk losing everything.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">So far the classy batsman failed to score a fifty only in his third Test, against Zimbabwe in Harare, when he scored 23 and 29. After that his run-scoring spree began.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">But Mominul is aware of India&#39;s bowling line-up that includes the world-class attack of spinners Harbhajan Singh and Ravichandran Ashwin. &quot;They are both quality spinners. One (Harbhajan) has played for a long time. (Ashwin) has been doing well.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The spin attack is backed by a formidable pace unit that consists of Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Varun Aaron. Mominul is eager to further his experience by going up against the Indian spinners.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;My performance may take a hit if I worry about them. I think I will learn much playing against their (India) spinners.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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