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    "title": "Match Report: India beat Australia by 137 runs in 3rd test, lead series 2-1",
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    "excerpt": "Melbourne, Dec 30 - India defeated Australia by 137 runs in the third cricket Test to take a 2-1 lead in the four-match series here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday. With the fourth Tes",
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    "editor1": "<p>Melbourne, Dec 30 - India defeated Australia by 137 runs in the third cricket Test to take a 2-1 lead in the four-match series here at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Sunday.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWith the fourth Test starting on January 3, the Indians are now in with a chance to register their first ever series win on Australian soil.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThis is also the first time that India have taken the lead in a Test series in Australia.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe play on the fifth and final day was delayed due to rain.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nMost of the opening session was lost to the inclement weather, and the play resumed in right earnest only after lunch.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nResuming their second innings at the overnight score of 258\/8, the Australian batsmen could battle for only 27 deliveries before being dismissed for 261 runs.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nPat Cummins, who had delayed Australian defeat with a heroic half-century on the fourth day, was the first to return to the pavilion on the fifth day.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe tail-ender had added only two runs to his overnight score when he edged a delivery from Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah to Cheteshwar Pujara at first slip.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nCummins scored 63 off 114 balls, hitting five boundaries and a six over the course of his gritty innings.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIshant Sharma then dismissed Nathan Lyon with a short pitched delivery to complete the victory.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nLyon had tried to go for the pull, only to see the top edge offer a simple catch to wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nBrief scores:<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nAustralia: 151 &amp; 261 (Pat Cummins 63, Shaun Marsh 44, Usman Khawaja 33; Ravindra Jadeja 3\/82, Jasprit Bumrah 3\/53) vs India: 443\/7(d) &amp; 106\/8(d) (Mayank Agarwal 42, Rishabh Pant 33; Pat Cummins 6\/27)&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>IANS<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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