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    "excerpt": "New Delhi, Oct 2 .\u00a0Rohit Sharma turned a new leaf on Wednesday as he not only scored a century in his first innings as a Test opener to put India in the driver's seat at the end of the opening da",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>New Delhi, Oct 2 <\/strong>.&nbsp;Rohit Sharma turned a new leaf on Wednesday as he not only scored a century in his first innings as a Test opener to put India in the driver&#39;s seat at the end of the opening day of the first Test against South Africa, but also equalled Don Bradman&#39;s record of having a batting average of 98.22 at home.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWhile Bradman had an average of 98.22 after 50 innings at home with 4322 runs in his kitty, Rohit has 884 runs after 15 innings with the same average.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nSpeaking at the end of the day&#39;s play, Rohit insisted that his plan was to trust his game and abilities and that&#39;s what he was able to achieve as he remained unbeaten on 115 at stumps on the opening day.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;I wanted to take the opportunity and that&#39;s why I made the management aware of it. I am grateful to them for providing me with the opportunity and I am happy I could score runs,&quot; Rohit told reporters.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nTalking about his batting plans in the initial overs, the 32-year-old said he wanted to see off the new ball and then cash in from there after.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;I was very clear in my mind what I wanted to do. The new ball will always do a bit in the initial overs -- whether it&#39;s red ball or white.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;I have played cricket in India for a long time now and that&#39;s why I was aware of the conditions and knew that once you get past the first 10 overs, it becomes difficult to get wickets. And it becomes easier to score runs.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;This was my plan to tackle the new ball and then stick to what I had planned. Backing myself and my game was most important for me because it was all I had in my mind,&quot; he added.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nPosting a picture of the opener, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal wrote: &quot;Real G.O.A.T&quot;. Former India spinner Harbhajan Singh tweeted: &quot;Wah @ImRo45 Brilliant 100.. dress blue ho ya white koi fark nahi padta.. Rohit HiT hai bhai (Brilliant ton by Rohit, it doesn&#39;t matter whether he is in the ODI or Test team. He is a hit).&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nICC also acknowledged Rohit&#39;s superb knock and said: &quot;The HITMAN is back with a bang. Rohit Sharma gets his first Test ton as an opener!&quot;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nFormer India opener and commentator Aakash Chopra also praised Rohit and tweeted: &quot;4th Test Century. 1st as an opener. Rohit has grabbed the opportunity with both hands. Well played.&quot;<\/p>\r\n",
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