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    "excerpt": "Oct.18 (CRICKETNMORE) - Sri Lanka Captain Upul Tharanga won the toss and elected to bat in the third ODI against Pakistan at Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday. Check out Playing XI below: Sri Lanka: Niroshan Dickwella(w), Upul Tharanga(c), Dinesh Chandimal,",
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    "editor1": "<p>Oct.18 (CRICKETNMORE) - Sri Lanka Captain&nbsp;Upul Tharanga won the toss and elected to bat in the third ODI against Pakistan at&nbsp;Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi&nbsp;on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Check out Playing XI below:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sri Lanka: Niroshan Dickwella(w), Upul Tharanga(c), Dinesh Chandimal, Lahiru Thirimanne, Chamara Kapugedera, Milinda Siriwardana, Thisara Perera, Akila Dananjaya, Jeffrey Vandersay, Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Gamage<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pakistan: Fakhar Zaman, Fahim Ashraf, Babar Azam, Mohammad Hafeez, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed(w\/c), Imam-ul-Haq, Shadab Khan, Hasan Ali, Rumman Raees, Junaid Khan<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Imam-ul-Haq is making his ODI debut for Pakistan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-livescore\/full-scorecard\/2308\/3rd-odi-pakistan-v-sri-lanka-1\">Full Scorecard<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Imam-ul-Haq making his ODI debut today. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MHafeez22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MHafeez22<\/a> presented him his ODI Cap ahead of the match. Imam is 215th ODI player of Pakistan <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ut9kRc2WFY\">pic.twitter.com\/ut9kRc2WFY<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; PCB Official (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/920599529874915328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2017<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<p>Sahir<\/p>\r\n",
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