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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Rajkot, October 18 -&nbsp;<\/strong>South Africa skipper A.B. de Villiers on Sunday heaped praise on his batting group and opener Quinton de Kock for his sparkling ton which helped the visitors register an 18-run victory in the third One-Day International (ODI) against India here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It was a very special batting performance. Quinton answered a lot of questions just like how Quinton can do. We struggled between the 37th and 44th over but found our way at the end.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;To have Miller up front was out of the box thinking from us. We were looking at 250 as a par, the way we fought back with the ball was special,&quot; De Villiers said at the post match presentation ceremony here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>De Kock scored 103 runs and put together a 118-run stand for the third wicket with Faf du Plessis (60) to propel the visitors to a fighting total of 270\/7 at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Morne Morkel then spearheaded the South African attack with an excellent display of pace bowling on the bating friendly wicket as the hosts could only manage 252\/6 despite fluent half-centuries from Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Proteas have thus taken a 2-1 lead in the five-match ODI series. They won the first match in Kanpur by five runs before the Indians levelled the series by registering a 22-run victory at Indore.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The fourth and penultimate ODI will be played in Chennai on October 22.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>(IANS)<\/p>\r\n",
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