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    "excerpt": "Visakhapatnam, Oct 4: \u00a0South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis joined forces with Dean Elgar to come to the team's rescue on Day 3 of the ongoing Test against India being played at the ACA-VDCA Stadi",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Visakhapatnam, Oct 4: <\/strong>&nbsp;South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis joined forces with Dean Elgar to come to the team&#39;s rescue on Day 3 of the ongoing Test against India being played at the ACA-VDCA Stadium. At Lunch on Friday, the Proteas were placed 153-4 with Elgar and du Plessis batting on 76 and 48 respectively.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier, starting the day at 39\/3, the visitors lost overnight batsman Temba Bavuma who was caught plumb in front on his individual score of 18. The big swinging in-dipper from Ishant Sharma kept low and caught Bavuma in front of the wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>However, from there on Elgar and du Plessis stitched together an unbeaten 90-run partnership to take Proteas out of hot waters and ensure that no further wickets were lost in the session.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Both the experienced South African batsmen batted brilliantly against the four Indian bowlers, especially the two spinners -- R. Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. Not only did the duo tackle the main threats but they also took calculated risks and kept the scoreboard ticking.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The visitors added 114 runs in the session and are still trailing by 349 runs in reply to India&#39;s 502\/7.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Brief scores: India 502\/7 declared in first innings; South Africa 153\/4 (Dean Elgar 76*, Faf du Plessis 48*, R Ashwin 2\/51)<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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