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    "excerpt": "Wellington, Feb 2 (CRICKETNMORE): \u00a0India's assistant coach Sanjay Bangar on Saturday confirmed the return of in-form Mahendra Singh Dhoni for Sunday's fifth and final ODI against New Zealand,",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Wellington, Feb 2 (CRICKETNMORE): &nbsp;<\/strong>India&#39;s assistant coach Sanjay Bangar on Saturday confirmed the return of in-form Mahendra Singh Dhoni for Sunday&#39;s fifth and final ODI against New Zealand, after the former skipper was declared fit.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 37-year-old Dhoni was out of the third and fourth ODIs with a hamstring injury and his return to the playing XI will bolster the struggling middle-order that crumbled under pressure in the penultimate match, which the visitors lost by eight wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Yes, he (Dhoni) is fit and will be playing the fifth ODI,&quot; Bangar told reporters in the pre-match presser on Saturday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Dhoni, who recently struck three back-to-back half centuries to bag the Man-of-the-Series award against Australia, is in prime form and scored a 33-ball 48 in the second ODI against the Kiwis.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In his absence, and the subsequent rest of regular skipper Virat Kohli for the remainder of the series, the Indian middle order failed drastically in the fourth game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Bangar, however, backed the middle-order batsmen saying they will step up whenever it is needed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The middle order has risen to the occasion many times and delivered. Yes some situation has been trying but it is not that the middle order hasn&#39;t performed,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;When required, more often than not whenever it has been put in a situation, it has delivered, may be the last game was an aberration,&quot; the 46-year-old added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>With the Indian top-order comprising Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, and regular skipper Virat Kohli scoring the bulk of the runs in recent times, Bangar said: &quot;If they (top-order batsmen) are batting well then the middle order doesn&#39;t get the opportunity required to maintain the groove.&quot;&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It is also one of those series where our top order hasn&#39;t got a hundred, so it has given a lot of time to the middle order to go out there and play situations... and they have finished games when they have got an opportunity.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India currently lead the rubber 3-1.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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