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    "excerpt": "Jan.13 (CRICKETNMORE) - South africa captain Faf duPlesis won the toss and opted to bat in the second test against India at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Saturday.  India made three changes - Parthiv Patel replaced W.Saha while KL Rahul & Ishant",
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    "editor1": "<p>Jan.13 (CRICKETNMORE) - South Africa captain Faf duPlesis won the toss and opted to bat in the second test against India at&nbsp;SuperSport Park in Centurion&nbsp;on Saturday.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India made three changes - Parthiv Patel replaced W.Saha while KL Rahul &amp; Ishant replaced Shikhar Dhawan and Bhuvneshwar Kumar respectively. For South Africa, injured Dale Steyn is replaced by young Lungi Ngidi who is making his debut.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Playing XI<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India&nbsp;(Playing XI): Murali Vijay, Lokesh Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Rohit Sharma, Parthiv Patel(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>South Africa&nbsp;(Playing XI): Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis(c), Quinton de Kock(w), Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungisani Ngidi, Morne Morkel<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/live-cricket-score\">Scorecard<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>Sahir<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Image - ICC Twitter<\/p>\r\n",
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