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    "excerpt": "New Delhi, March 2 (Cricketnmore) Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on Thursday backed current incumbent Virat Kohli after the humiliating 333-run loss against Australia in the first cricket Test match at Pune.\r\n",
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    "editor1": "<p>New Delhi, March 2 (Cricketnmore) Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly on Thursday backed current incumbent Virat Kohli after the humiliating 333-run loss against Australia in the first cricket Test match at Pune.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ganguly complimented Kohli, who scored 0 and 13 on the difficult Pune track, by comparing him with Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli has been extremely successful against Australia in their own backyard and Ganguly opined that even Tendulkar would have found it difficult to match the current Indian skipper&#39;s record against perhaps the most difficult team in the world.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/team-india-didn-t-play-to-its-potential-in-pune-says-anil-kumble--24360\">Also Read: Team India didn&#39;t play to its potential in Pune, says Anil Kumble<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Kohli is human and he had to fail one day. He failed in both innings in Pune. I think he played a little bit of a loose shot in the first innings outside the off stump but the Australians bowled him there,&quot; Ganguly was quoted as saying by India Today.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;To watch those four back-to-back Test match hundreds against Australia in Australia was surreal. I have not seen even Sachin Tendulkar do that,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The first Test match of the four-match series finished inside three days with Australia claiming a 333-run victory as left-arm spinner Steve O&#39;Keefe took six wickets in each innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/mushfiqur-rahim-to-play-as-specialist-batsman-vs-sri-lanka--24361\">Also Read: Mushfiqur Rahim to play as specialist batsman vs Sri Lanka<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The visitors have now taken a 1-0 lead in the four-match Test series.<\/p>\r\n",
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