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    "title": "Virat Kohli completes ton as India amass 506\/5 at lunch on Day 2",
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    "excerpt": "Rajkot, Oct 5 (CRICKETNMORE): Skipper Virat Kohli brought up his 24th Test century while wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant missed out on one after a blistering 92 as India put up 506\/5 at lunch on day two of the first Test against",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Rajkot, Oct 5 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong> Skipper Virat Kohli brought up his 24th Test century while wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant missed out on one after a blistering 92 as India put up 506\/5 at lunch on day two of the first Test against the West Indies here on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli, who was 72 not out overnight, became the second fastest to 24 Test hundreds behind only Donald Bradman, who took 66 innings to Kohli&#39;s 123.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The right-hander took time to get to the milestone as the aggressive Pant (92 off 84), who resumed at 17, went all guns blazing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>A second Test hundred in his fourth Test was for the taking but Pant tried to hit a six and failed to pick the googly to top-edge the ball for a simple catch to Keemo Paul at backward point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pant&#39;s innings was studded with eight fours and four sixes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli (120 not out) had the company of Ravindra Jadeja (19 not out off 33) when lunch was taken.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pant played his usual attacking game from ball one, flicking the ball through square leg to get going.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli enjoyed his teammates&#39; fluent strokeplay from the other end as Pant raced to his half century with a four and six off pacer Paul.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pant was on 87 when Kohli brought up his ton but the wicket-keeper batsmen ended up throwing it away as he went for another six.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Brief Scores:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India 1st Innings: 506\/5 in 118 overs (Virat Kohli 120 batting, Rishabh Pant 92, Prithvi Shaw 134, Devendra Bishoo 2\/154).<\/p>\r\n",
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