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    "excerpt": "Bengaluru, June 14 (CRICKETNMORE):  India skipper Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and opted to bat in the one-off Test against debutants Afghanistan here Thursday. Afghanistan is set to become the 12th nation to play Test cricket as skipper Asghar Stanikzai",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Bengaluru, June 14 (CRICKETNMORE):&nbsp;<\/strong> India skipper Ajinkya Rahane won the toss and opted to bat in the one-off Test against debutants Afghanistan here Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Afghanistan is set to become the 12th nation to play Test cricket as skipper Asghar Stanikzai opted for a spin-heavy playing XI at the M.Chinnaswamy Stadium here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For the hosts sans regular skipper Virat Kohli, wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik made a comeback to the Test side after almost eight years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India: Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane(c), Lokesh Rahul, Dinesh Karthik(wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Afghanistan: Mohammad Shahzad, Javed Ahmadi, Rahmat Shah, Asghar Stanikzai(c), Afsar Zazai(w), Mohammad Nabi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Yamin Ahmadzai, Wafadar.<\/p>\r\n",
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