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    "title": "Asia Cup: Axar Replaces Shardul As India Win Toss, Elect To Bat First Against Sri Lanka",
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    "excerpt": "Indian Skipper Rohit Sharma: Left-arm Orthodox spinner Axar Patel replaces Shardul Thakur, as India won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in the fourth game of Super 4 stage of Asia Cup 2023 at R Premdasa Stadium, Colombo, here on Tuesday.",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Indian Skipper Rohit Sharma:<\/strong>&nbsp;Left-arm Orthodox spinner Axar Patel replaces Shardul Thakur, as India won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in the fourth game of Super 4 stage of Asia Cup 2023 at R Premdasa Stadium, Colombo, here on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sri Lanka are unchanged.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>After a historic 228-run victory against Pakistan on Monday, India will play Sri Lanka. The Indian batting looks solid as KL Rahul and Virat Kohli duo hit Century after a rocking start by openers Rohit Sharma and Shubhman Gill.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kuldeep Yadav registered his second One Day International (ODI) 5-wicket haul against Pakistan and took India to victory after a heroic batting effort.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It&#39;s the challenge you come across as a sportsman,&quot; Rohit says, on playing for the third straight day. &quot;You&#39;ve got to adjust, adapt as quickly as you can, The pitch looks a little dry, there is no grass on the pitch, so Axar Patel replaces Shardul Thakur,&quot; said Indian Skipper Rohit Sharma.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dasun Shanaka said, &quot;The youngsters have become senior players. Young Wellalage is doing so well, Samarawickrama, Matheesha Pathirana. Hopefully, everyone will continue their momentum today. They are a pretty strong side compared to us, we need to play a quality game of cricket.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Playing XIs:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/live-cricket-score\">LIVE Score<\/a><\/p><p>Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dasun Shanaka(c), Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana<\/p>\r\n",
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