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    "excerpt": "Kolkata, May 15 (CRICKETNMORE):  Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Dinesh Karthik won the toss and elected to field against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in a crunch Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Tuesday. For KKR, fit-again U-19 pacer Shivam Mavi",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Kolkata, May 15 (CRICKETNMORE): &nbsp;<\/strong>Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Dinesh Karthik won the toss and elected to field against Rajasthan Royals (RR) in a crunch Indian Premier League (IPL) match here on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For KKR, fit-again U-19 pacer Shivam Mavi was brought back to the side in place of leggie Piyush Chawla while Royals made three changes with Ish Sodhi, Anirudh Singh and Rahul Tripathi coming in.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>KKR snapped a two-game losing streak by beating Kings XI Punjab in their last game by 31 runs, posting a season-topping 245\/6, while Royals marched to their third victory on the spin, thrashing Mumbai Indians by seven wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Teams:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kolkata Knight Riders: Chris Lynn, Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik (Captain\/WK), Nitish Rana, Shubman Gill, Javon Searles, Prasidh Krishna, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Rajasthan Royals: Jos Buttler (WK), Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Sanju Samson, Ben Stokes, Rahul Tripathi, Stuart Binny, Jofra Archer, Krishnappa Gowtham, Jaydev Unadkat, Ish Sodhi, Anureet Singh<\/p>\r\n",
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