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    "excerpt": "Jaipur, April 19 (CRICKETNMORE):  Rajasthan Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane blamed himself for his team's seven-wicket defeat at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) game on Wednesday night. "I feel it was a different",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Jaipur, April 19 (CRICKETNMORE): &nbsp;<\/strong>Rajasthan Royals captain Ajinkya Rahane blamed himself for his team&#39;s seven-wicket defeat at the hands of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) game on Wednesday night.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I feel it was a different wicket from what we played on against Delhi Daredevils. It was slow and ball was also keeping low. I feel it was my responsibility to take that innings forward,&quot; Rahane told reporters after the game here at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It is hard to recover from slow start because T20 is all about one or two big overs. I was batting well and wanted to continue till the 14th or 15th over,&quot; the India Test vice-captain added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Rahane scored a 19-ball 36 and was looking good for a big one after being put in to bat by rival skipper Dinesh Karthik. But he lost his wicket to a Nitish Rana delivery in which Karthik pulled off a brilliant stumping.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Asked if his bowlers should be blamed for failing to defend a modest target of 161, Rahane said,&quot;Not really, our bowlers have done a good job in all three matches. In T20 sometimes you go for runs but we have a good combination. When you lose people start talking about bad bowling or batting,&quot; he said, adding that the fielding was not up to the mark and there was scope for much improvement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Rajasthan will next take on Chennai Super Kings on Friday.<\/p>\r\n",
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