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    "title": "India-Essex practice game ends in a draw",
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    "excerpt": "Chelmsford, July 27 - India played out a draw against Essex in the three-day warm-up game at the County ground here on Friday. India batsmen gained good practice in the middle ahead of the high-octane five-match Test rubber against hosts",
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    "editor1": "<p>Chelmsford, July 27 - India played out a draw against Essex in the three-day warm-up game at the County ground here on Friday.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIndia batsmen gained good practice in the middle ahead of the high-octane five-match Test rubber against hosts England, starting August 1 in Birmingham. In reply to India&#39;s first inning score of 395, Essex rode on Paul Walter&#39;s 75 and Michael-Kyle Pepper&#39;s 68 to pile 359\/8.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nFor India, Umesh Yadav returned impressive figures of 4\/35 while Ishant Sharma scalped three wickets conceding 59 runs.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAltering their batting order in the second innings, the visitors promoted KL Rahul to open the innings alongwith Shikhar Dhawan, who got a golden pair.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nRahul remained unbeaten on 36 runs while Ajinkya Rahane (19 not out), helped India reach 89\/2 in their second innings when the captains decided to call off the encounter.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBrief Scores: India 395, 89\/2 (KL Rahul 36 not out, Ajinkya Rahane 19 not out; Matthew Quinn 1\/5) vs Essex 359\/8 (Paul Walter 75, Michael-Kyle Pepper 68; Umesh Yadav 4\/35)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-livescore\/scorecard\/13071964004\/India-in-England-1\">FULL SCORECARD<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>IANS<\/p>\r\n",
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