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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Kolkata, Nov 12 (IANS) In a bid to pep-up talented willower Rohit Sharma, Indian skipper Virat Kohli Wednesday said the Mumbaikar could turn out to be the team&#39;s X-factor in next year&#39;s World Cup, provided he is in form.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Sharma has returned to the Indian squad ahead of the third One-Day International (ODI) against Sri Lanka, having recuperated from a finger injury that forced him to pull out midway in the England tour in August.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Praising Sharma, Kohli said the 27-year-old right hander brings a lot of positivity to the side.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;One good thing about Rohit is he doesn&#39;t change his game according to his success and failure and that&#39;s a positive. In fact, even after such an unfortunate injury in England, he returns and scores a century against Sri Lanka in the warm-up game and that shows his skills,&quot; Kohli said here.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;He brings a lot of positivity to the team. He is always up for discussions both on and off the field. In the past, I have spoken to him about different things that can be done and he brings a lot of value to the team.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Indicating that Sharma would open the innings, Kohli said &quot;most probably&quot; he would bat &quot;at where he did in the past&quot;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;We are looking to give him as many overs as we can. If he gets going, he can be the X-factor.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Sharma, who made his ODI debut in 2007, has been known for his inconsistency, often losing his place in the side.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Kohli said another comeback man Robin Uthappa will don the wicketkeeping gloves.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;He has been brought in as the wicketkeeper-batsman. He kept at the Indian Premier League (IPL) also and did very well. He also batted tremendously well in the IPL. There were very few slogs, and lot of cricketing shots. It&#39;s important to give opportunity to someone like him.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">The skipper also praised in-form pacer Umesh Yadav, who has picked up eight wickets in the series.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Kohli said that with more consistency, the Vidarbha bowler could be &quot;among the best in the world&quot;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;He has a rhythmic smooth action, and has become more smart and his consistency has improved with the new ball,&quot; the right-handed batsman said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">He said the Indian team was looking for an all-out pace attack in the future, with two quicks bowling in tandem at 150 kilometres per hour.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;It will also be a change of character as we haven&#39;t really had something like this in the past where we have had two pacers bowling in tandem at 150kms per hour,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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