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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Adelaide, Dec 8 (IANS) India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will miss the first Commonwealth Bank Test against Australia due to a thumb injury.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Dhoni batted and bowled at India&#39;s training session Sunday here, but he is not yet ready to keep wickets in a Test.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Virat Kohli confirmed Monday he will lead the side Tuesday, when the four-Test series starts at the Adelaide Oval.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;Yes, I will be leading tomorrow,&quot; Kohli was quoted as saying by Cricket Australia (CA) website.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;We expect (Dhoni) to be 100 percent fit in the next few days. We want him to be 100 percent before he plays a game.&quot;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Kohli vowed to fight fire with fire in his first Test as Indian captain, and backed his pacemen to cause Australia&#39;s batsmen some trouble.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;This is one of the best bowling attacks we&#39;ve had in a while,&quot; he said. &quot;(We have) guys who are bowling with pace and they&#39;re fit.&quot;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Asked about combating Mitchell Johnson, who claimed 37 wickets in the 2013-14 Ashes series, Kohli noted his side couldn&#39;t focus on one man.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;We&#39;re not giving it too much importance,&quot; he said. &quot;There&#39;s nothing very special about a particular individual or a few individuals.&quot;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Kohli attended Phillip Hughes&#39;s funeral last Wednesday and suggested the 25-year-old&#39;s death had mentally hit his squad hard. But the middle-order batsman said they had found a way to quickly focus on training.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;You have to move on with the game and we don&#39;t want to be in a position where we&#39;re lacking in preparation going into the first Test,&quot; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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