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    "title": "Clinical India thrash S.Africa in opening women's ODI",
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    "excerpt": "Kimberly (South Africa), Feb 5 - Opener Smriti Mandhana's superb fifty and the pace duo of Jhulan Goswami and Shikha Pandey combining for seven wickets, guided the Indian women's team to a 88-run win over South Africa in the first of",
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    "editor1": "<p>Kimberly (South Africa), Feb 5 -&nbsp;Opener Smriti Mandhana&#39;s superb fifty and the pace duo of Jhulan Goswami and Shikha Pandey combining for seven wickets, guided the Indian women&#39;s team to a 88-run win over South Africa in the first of the three-match ODI rubber here on Monday.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe win meant India picked up two points towards the ICC Women&#39;s Championship in their first game.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nElecting to bat after winning the toss, India rode on Smriti&#39;s 98-ball 84, laced with eight boundaries and a six, and skipper Mithali Raj&#39;s 70-ball patient 45, to post 213\/7.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSmriti first raised a 55-run opening stand with her opening partner Poonam Raut (19) to set the tone before joining forces with Mithali for a 99-run second wicket stand.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe rest of the Indian batting including all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur (16) and stumper Sushma Verma (15) got the starts but failed to capitalise, while Veda Krishnamurthy (2) and Deepti Sharma (6) were run out cheaply.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIn response, the South Africans failed to get going against the disciplined Indian new ball pair of Jhulan (4\/24) and Shikha (3\/23).<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nOpener Laura Wolvaardt (21) and skipper Dane van Niekerk (41) raised the hopes of the home side with a brief 19-run stand before Laura departed.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nvan Niekerk continued to fight a lone battle before the lower order batswomen -- Marizanne Kapp (23) and Sun&eacute; Luus (21 not out) -- added some spice but leg-spinner Poonam Yadav (2\/22) applied the brakes yet again as the hosts folded for 125 in 43.2 overs.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBrief Scores: Indian women 213\/7 (Smriti Mandhana 84, Mithali Raj 45; Marizanne Kapp 2\/26) beat South African women 125 (Dane van Niekerk 41, Marizanne Kapp 23; Jhulan 4\/24, Shikha Pandey 3\/23) by 88 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>IANS<\/p>\r\n",
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