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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Old Trafford (Manchester), Aug 7 (IANS) India&#39;s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and decided to bat in the rain-delayed fourth cricket Test against England here Thursday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">India made three changes to the side that lost the third Test at Southampton while England retain the 11 that levelled the series 1-1.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">India brought in experienced opener Gautam Gambhir for his Delhi teammate Shikhar Dhawan, off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin comes in for batsman Rohit Sharma and fast bowler Varun Aaron replaces erratic Mohammad Shami.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Rain delayed the match by half an hour.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Teams:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain-wicketkeeper), Gautam Gambhir, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Varun Aaron, Pankaj Singh.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">England: Alastair Cook (captain), Sam Robson, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Joe Root, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler (wicketkeeper), Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Chris Jordan.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Umpires: Rod Tucker (Australia) and Marias Erasmus (South Africa).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Third Umpire: Rcihard Kettleborough (England).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:verdana\">Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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