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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Melbourne, 29 January<\/strong>\u0964 Half-centuries from Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli helped India to 184\/3 in the second Twenty20 International at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Rohit continued his superb form during the ongoing tour, scoring 60 runs off 47 balls with five boundaries and a six. He added 97 runs for the opening partnership along with Shikhar Dhawan (42).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli walked in at the fall of Dhawan&#39;s wicket and proceeded to build on the solid foundation provided by the openers by belting 59 runs in his 33-ball innings which included seven boundaries and a six.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For Australia, Maxwell had figures of 1\/17 while debutant medium-pacer Andrew Tye captured the prized wicket of India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to return 1\/28 in his four overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Put in to bat by the hosts, India were provided a steady start by Rohit and Dhawan. The duo were a bit cautious in the first three overs before going after the Australian bowlers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dhawan was also in excellent form, hitting three fours and two sixes during his 32-ball stay in the middle. He missed out on his maiden half-century in T20Is when a reverse sweep off Glenn Maxwell found Chris Lynn at point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Rohit and Dhawan reserved special treatment for James Faulkner. Rohit hit the left-arm pacer for three boundaries in his very first over after replacing Shane Watson in the Australian attack. Dhawan then smashed a four and a six off consecutive balls in his very next over.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dhawan&#39;s departure did not affect the run rate as Kohli and Rohit continued to find the gaps at regular intervals. However, an unfortunate bit of mis-communication saw Rohit being run out while attempting to go for a second run.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dhoni then gave Kohli good support from the other end with 14 runs off nine balls as the Delhi batsman signed off the Indian innings on a strong note.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Agency<\/strong><\/p>\r\n",
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