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    "title": "Team composition depends on opposition's combination: Jadeja",
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    "excerpt": "Nagpur, Nov 24 - Aware of the fact that India are likely to field one spinner in the upcoming South Africa tour, left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja on Friday said the composition of the team depends on the opposition's strengths and weaknesses.",
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    "editor1": "<p>Nagpur, Nov 24 -&nbsp;Aware of the fact that India are likely to field one spinner in the upcoming South Africa tour, left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja on Friday said the composition of the team depends on the opposition&#39;s strengths and weaknesses.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nJadeja (3\/56) along with his spin partner Ravichandran Ashwin (4\/67) shared seven wickets between them to bowl Sri Lanka out for a meagre 205 on the opening day of the second Test at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium here. Paceman Ishant Sharma grabbed the remaining three wickets.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAsked whether the team combination will relatively be on the same line in the three-Test series against the Proteas, Jadeja jokingly said: &quot;Is this a question that you even need to ask? If I am the captain, I will not even give the ball to anyone (laughs). I will keep bowling from one end.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nHowever, on a serious note, he said: &quot;It all depends on the team&#39;s balance and what it wants. At times on overseas tours, we assess if there are more left-handers or right-handers in the opposition and accordingly, the team composition is set.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe Saurashtra spinner said selection issues are not under his control and there was no point in dwelling on such issues.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after:always\"><span style=\"display:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I can only control the controllable. When I get an opportunity, I will try to do well. What is not in my control, there is no point thinking about it. When I get a chance to play in South Africa, I will try to do well.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;When I got a chance the last time, I played the second Test after Ashwin played the first. That&#39;s why I said that team&#39;s combination will depend on composition of the opposition.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIndia had the tourists on the mat in the final session of play on Friday, picking up six wickets for a mere 60 odd runs on a pitch that had little assistance for either the pacers or the slow bowlers.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nJadeja praised the efforts of pacers Ishant and local boy Umesh Yadav, who kept it tight in the morning session of play.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;There was a lot of help from the wicket there (Kolkata) so you guys must have felt that every ball will yield a wicket but that was not the case here because this wicket had grass but not the bounce or swing or the overcast conditions of Kolkata. That&#39;s why we did not get much help but the two (Ishant and Yadav) bowled well in the first session,&quot; he said.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;If there is nothing in the wicket for spinners, then its good to try something different. Over the wicket or round the wicket, just try and create chances. That&#39;s what he was doing.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nOn his own bowling, Jadeja said: &quot;I was very happy as to how I bowled today. There was no help from the wicket and I was looking to bowl in right areas.&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIndia ended the first day at 11\/1 after losing opener Lokesh Rahul (7) cheaply.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>IANS<\/p>\r\n",
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