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    "excerpt": "Perth, Dec 11 (CRICKETNMORE): Despite India winning the first Test, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting feels the hosts will have an upper hand in the second Test beginning here on Friday. India de",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Perth, Dec 11 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong> Despite India winning the first Test, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting feels the hosts will have an upper hand in the second Test beginning here on Friday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India defeated Australia by 31 runs in the opening match to take a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ponting opined that the newly laid pitch at the Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) Stadium here will suit the Australians more than their rivals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I think Perth will definitely be a lot more suitable for our guys than the Indians. But our players need to bounce back pretty quickly,&quot; Ponting told reporters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;They were pretty poor this week and got within 30 runs. And that&#39;s not saying India played at their absolute best either, but they&#39;re absolutely capable,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;There&#39;s some positives to take from it but they&#39;ve also got to take a good hard look at what they&#39;ve done through this game and make sure they do it a lot better.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ponting further said Australia should not tinker with their playing XI in the second Test.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Aaron Finch, who was playing his first Test on Australian soil, failed to live upto expectations, with scores of 0 and 11. Ponting however, dismissed suggestions that the opener should be dropped.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Why wouldn&#39;t they do that for this game if that&#39;s their best line-up?&quot; Ponting asked.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I just think that would be really reactionary. The selectors have made a decision, or whoever is setting the batting order, that they think Aaron Finch is the right guy to be opening the batting for Australia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;When you start moving guys around, it just creates more uncertainty. Finch would potentially train differently next week than he had this week because he&#39;s not opening (and) Usman has to train differently because he is opening,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Little things like that would come into their minds. If I was them, I&#39;d be tempted to keep it the same way.&quot;<\/p>\r\n",
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