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    "excerpt": "Rajkot, Nov 4 (Cricketnmore) India captain Virat Kohli rued a poor batting effort by his team mates after a 40-run defeat to New Zealand in the second Twenty20 International (T20I) here on Saturday.\r\n",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Rajkot, Nov 4 (Cricketnmore)<\/strong> India captain Virat Kohli rued a poor batting effort by his team mates after a 40-run defeat to New Zealand in the second Twenty20 International (T20I) here on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Opting to bat first on winning the toss, the visitors rode on an unbeaten quickfire century by opener Colin Munro to post 196\/2 in their allotted 20 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Munro batted through the innings, smashing 109 runs off 58 deliveries. Fellow opener Martin Guptill gave him good support from the other end with a well made 45 as the duo put together an opening stand of 105 runs in 67 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I thought New Zealand were really good with the bat early on. We didn&#39;t take our chances, yes, but at once stage they were looking to get 235-240 and credit to Bumrah and Bhuvi to pull things back,&quot; Kohli said after the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Eventually we weren&#39;t good enough with the bat. When you&#39;re chasing 200, all the batsmen need to chip in, or one batsman has to keeping going at a 200 strike-rate. Tried to do my best. M.S. (Dhoni) was very good at the end. But we were left with a very difficult task,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We lost the toss, we did not get to choose what we would have done. We were just not good enough on the day.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Of the seven Indian wickets to fall during the match, several were due to poor shot selection under pressure.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli however, asserted that the Indians are determined to recover from Saturday&#39;s setback and go on to win the series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;That happens, you want to go for big shots. It has happened with a lot of batsmen where you don&#39;t get to go on strike. Sometimes you are in good form, but you don&#39;t get enough balls. It happens to a lot of batsmen,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We back our batsmen though. We back Hardik (Pandya), and its just a little glitch. After 13-14 overs, it gripped a bit. But we have no excuses, we weren&#39;t good enough with the bat. There wasn&#39;t any kind of dew. The ball got scuffed up,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n",
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