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    "excerpt": "London, May 29 (CRICKETNMORE): \u00a0Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza is expected to play his side's World Cup opener against South Africa on Sunday despite picking up a hamstring strain during the",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>London, May 29 (CRICKETNMORE): <\/strong>&nbsp;Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza is expected to play his side&#39;s World Cup opener against South Africa on Sunday despite picking up a hamstring strain during the practice match against India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;A lot of times in such cases, I face trouble bowling the first one or two overs. Once I get through that, I don&#39;t face any more problems. I also wasn&#39;t facing any problem today (on Tuesday),&quot; Mashrafe told the Dhaka based bdnews24 as quoted by ESPNCricinfo.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;But I pulled a hamstring during the sixth over. I could have stopped after four or five overs but Rohit and Kohli were looking to score runs quickly during that period. I felt that I needed to practice bowling in such a situation.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mashrafe finished with economical figures of 0 for 23 in six overs but could not deliver in full flow because of the injury.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Mashrafe did not field for the most part of India&#39;s innings and also did not come out to bat as Bangladesh fell 95 runs short of India&#39;s 359\/7.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Besides, Mashrafe, Shakib is also not fully fit, the skipper said after the game as the star all-rounder recently recovered from a side strain, while Mustafizur Rahman is nursing a calf injury.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Tamim Iqbal didn&#39;t play against India due to a minor thigh strain he suffered in training a couple of days ago. He is also expected to be fit for the South Africa game.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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