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    "editor1": "<p>Ranchi, March 20 (CRICKETNMORE): India skipper Virat Kohli on Monday credited Shaun Marsh and Peter Handscomb with preventing an Australian defeat in the third Test, adding that although the hosts got into a winning position it was their excellent batting that forced the draw.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/tamil-nadu-clinch-third-vijay-hazare-crown-outplay-bengal--24906\">Tamil Nadu clinch 3rd Vijay Hazare crown, outplay Bengal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We got ourselves into a very good position,&quot; Kohli said after the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Losing the toss here was never easy. Not being able to take the field and watching the opposition get big runs was difficult. But we batted beautifully.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We didn&#39;t expect a 150-run lead. Yesterday two wickets, we thought we had a good chance, but credit to the two batsmen, they batted really well. Guys want to push the barrier, their physical limits, their mental toughness,&quot; he added.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Credit to Australia for playing out the draw, but we played ourselves into a position where we could win.&quot;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Marsh and Handscomb stitched together a 124-run partnership for the fifth wicket after India went into the lunch break with their tails up as the tourists were tottering at 83\/4. The visitors finally ended the day on 204\/6.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli lavished praise on Chesteshwar Pujara and Wriddhiman Saha who helped India to a dominating position with their epic seventh wicket stand of 199 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The partnership between Saha and Pujara is the best I have seen.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;When you play only one format, you are always extra determined to make it count. Pujara is very motivated, and he is really good at test batting,&quot; Kohli said.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;This is the best I have watched him bat. Saha did it in West Indies, he did it in Calcutta as well, and here under pressure, he really stood up.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;You feel happy for him because he is such a wonderful guy. Always smiling, always happy for whoever achieves anything. I don&#39;t think it was the wicket, it was the ball, soft, not doing much,&quot; he added.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli said that left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who returned a match haul of 9\/178, was &quot;unbelievable&quot;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I don&#39;t know about the lot of balls. Jadeja is unbelievable. He is a gun in the field too. I have never seen anyone bowl so economically for so long ever.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The fourth and final Test will now take place at Dharamsala from March 25-29 with the series locked at 1-1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Dharamsala, no different from what I have done here. We have given our best here, and as long as we keep doing that, I am sure we will get ourselves into winning positions,&quot; Kohli said.<\/p>\r\n",
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