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    "title": "Asia Cup 2018: India thrash Pakistan by 8 wickets",
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    "excerpt": "Dubai, Sep 19 (CRICKETNMORE):  A strong bowling performance followed by some power packed batting saw India thrash arch-rivals Pakistan by eight wickets in their Group A clash of the Asia Cup cricket tournament here on Wednesday. Asked to field first,",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Dubai, Sep 19 (CRICKETNMORE): <\/strong>&nbsp;A strong bowling performance followed by some power packed batting saw India thrash arch-rivals Pakistan by eight wickets in their Group A clash of the Asia Cup cricket tournament here on Wednesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Asked to field first, three-wicket hauls from pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar and part-time off-spinner Kedar Jadhav enabled India to restrict Pakistan to a paltry 162. Bhuvneshwar returned figures of 3\/15 while Jadhav got 3\/23.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In reply, a quickfire half-century by Rohit Sharma and his 86-run opening stand with Shikhar Dhawan saw India overhaul the target with a whopping 21 overs to spare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Rohit plundered 52 runs off 39 deliveries, hitting six boundaries and three sixes along the way.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Brief scores:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Pakistan: 162 in 43.1 overs (Babar Azam 47, Shoaib Malik 43; Bhuvneshwar Kumar 47, Kedar Jadhav 3\/23) lost to India: 164\/2 in 29 overs (Rohit Sharma 52, Shikhar Dhawan 46) by eight wickets.<\/strong><br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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