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    "excerpt": "Indore, May 12 (CRICKETNMORE) - Kings XI Punjab skipper Ravichandran Ashwin won the toss and elected to field against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a crunch Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter here on Saturday. Kings XI lost their last game to",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Indore, May 12 (CRICKETNMORE) -&nbsp;<\/strong>Kings XI Punjab skipper Ravichandran Ashwin won the toss and elected to field against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a crunch Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter here on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kings XI lost their last game to Rajasthan Royals by 15 runs while KKR were hammered by Mumbai Indians by 102 runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For Punjab, Mayank Agarwal, Aaron Finch and Barinder Sran have returned, meaning Akashdeep Nath, Marcus Stoinis and Manoj Tiwary have been dropped.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In KKR team, medium pacer Javon Searles has replaced Tom Curran.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Teams:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kings XI Punjab: Chris Gayle, Lokesh Rahul (wicket-keeper), Mayank Agarwal, Aaron Finch, Karun Nair, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin (captain), Andrew Tye, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Sran, Mujeeb Ur Rahman<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Nitish Rana, Dinesh Karthik (wicket-keeper\/captain), Andre Russell, Javon Searles, Piyush Chawla, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav<\/p>\r\n",
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