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    "excerpt": "Mumbai, Jan 28 - Batsman Suresh Raina made his comeback to the Indian Twenty20 cricket squad after being named on Sunday for the away series against South Africa. The 31-year-old Uttar Pradesh batsman had a very good outing at the",
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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"color:#2980b9\">Mumbai, Jan 28 - Batsman Suresh Raina made his comeback to the Indian Twenty20 cricket squad after being named on Sunday for the away series against South Africa.<\/span><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe 31-year-old Uttar Pradesh batsman had a very good outing at the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy domestic T20, scoring 314 runs at a strike-rate of 146.04.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe left-handed batsman had last played for the Indian team in the three-match series win over England in January-February.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nMumbai batsman Shreyas Iyer was not included in the 16-man squad.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBasil Thampi, Deepak Hooda, Mohammed Siraj and Washington Sundar -- who were in the squad for the Sri Lanka series at home -- have not been named. Virat Kohli and Bhuvneshwar Kumar had been rested in that home series.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nLeft-arm spinner Axar Patel and pacer Shardul Thakur have also returned to the squad.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe T20Is begin with the first game in Johannesburg on February 18. Prior to the series, India and South Africa will play a six-match One-Day International (ODI) series, which begins on February 1.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSquad: Virat Kohli (Captain) Rohit Sharma (vice-captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, Suresh Raina, Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wicket-keeper), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Jaydev Unadkat, Shardul Thakur.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>IANS<\/p>\r\n",
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