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    "excerpt": "Adelaide, Dec 7 (CRICKETNMORE): Australia lost both the openers before reaching 57\/2 at lunch on Day 2 of the opening Test against India at the Adelaide Oval here on Friday. Usman Khawaja (21 not out)",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Adelaide, Dec 7 (CRICKETNMORE): <\/strong>Australia lost both the openers before reaching 57\/2 at lunch on Day 2 of the opening Test against India at the Adelaide Oval here on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Usman Khawaja (21 not out) and Shaun Marsh (1 not out) headed back undefeated at the interval as the hosts trailed by 193 runs to the visitors&#39; first innings total of 250.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Indian response came quite early in the Aussie innings, with a brilliant inswinger from veteran pacer Ishant Sharma cleaning up Aaron Finch in the very first over for a third-ball duck.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Thereafter, the other opener Marcus Harris (26) and the in-form No.3 Khawaja struck a 45-run stand for the second wicket.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The partnership went on smoothly as both the batsmen looked at ease while facing the pace trio of Ishant, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>But Harris&#39; troubles of reading off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was evident from the time the tweaker came in to bowl before eventually falling to the same bowler after a decent start.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier, Australia took just one ball to wrap up the visitors&#39; innings for the overnight score of 250.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pacer Josh Hazlewood got the last man Shami (6) caught behind on the very first ball to deny the visitors any addition to the overnight score.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>For the hosts, Hazlewood shone with three wickets, while fellow quicks Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins took two scalps each. The spinner Nathan Lyon also bagged a couple of wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier on Thursday, India were reduced to 19\/3 before centurion Cheteshwar Pujara&#39;s gritty 16th Test ton (123) anchored the innings to 250\/9 at stumps.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pujara, however fell to a brilliant run out on the last ball of the opening day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Brief Scores: India 250 (Cheteshwar Pujara 123, Rohit Sharma 37; Josh Hazlewood 3\/52, Pat Cummins 2\/49) vs Australia 57\/2 (Marcus Harris 26, Usman Khawaja 21 not out; Ishant Sharma 1\/9).&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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