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    "excerpt": "Nagpur, Nov 24 - India lost opener Lokesh Rahul to end the opening day of the second cricket Test at 11\/1 after bowling out Sri Lanka for 205 in the final session at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium here on",
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    "editor1": "<p>Nagpur, Nov 24 -&nbsp;India lost opener Lokesh Rahul to end the opening day of the second cricket Test at 11\/1 after bowling out Sri Lanka for 205 in the final session at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium here on Friday.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nOpener Murali Vijay (2 not out) and No.3 Cheteshwar Pujara (2 not out) were at the crease when the umpires dislodged the bails for the day.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nFor the visitors, paceman Lahiru Gamage picked up the solitary wicket of Rahul, who got an inside edge back onto his stumps after trying to flirt with a delivery outside the off-stump.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nRahul started the Indian response on a positive note, getting off the mark with a boundary through mid-off before going into a shell, which saw him consume 13 deliveries for his brief knock.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-livescore\/full-scorecard\/2341\/2nd-Test-India-V-Sri-Lanka-1\">Scorecard<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after:always\"><span style=\"display:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier, Indian spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja wreaked havoc, sharing seven wickets to bowl out Sri Lanka for 205 in their first innings.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAshwin, who went wicketless in the first two sessions, broke the backbone of the Lankan innings by removing skipper Dinesh Chandimal, who top-scored with a patient 122-ball 57 before adding three more wickets to return with figures of 4\/67.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nLeft-arm spinner Jadeja complemented the off-spinner well, finishing with 3\/56 while veteran paceman Ishant Sharma also picked up three wickets giving away 37 runs in his 14 overs.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nResuming the final session at 151\/4, the tourists found the going tough and lost wickets at regular intervals with their last six wickets falling for just 54 runs.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBesides Chandimal, opener Dimukh Karunaratne (51 from 147; 6x4) and stumper Niroshan Dickwella (24 from 30; 4x4) were the only other batsmen who managed to provide some resistance to the Indian spin duo.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe series is currently squared at 0-0 after the drawn opening Test at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>Brief Scores<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sri Lanka 205 (Dinesh Chandimal 57, Dimukh Karunaratne 51, Niroshan Dickwella 24; Ravichandran Ashwin 4\/67, Ravindra Jadeja 3\/56, Ishant Sharma 3\/37) vs India 11\/1 (Lokesh Rahul 7, Murali Vijay 2 not out, Cheteshwar Pujara 2 not out; Lahiru Gamage 1\/4).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>IANS<\/p>\r\n",
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