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    "excerpt": "Oct 12 (CRICKETNMORE) Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, who braved a sore shoulder to top-score for South Africa with a gritty 72 on Day 3 of the second Test against India here on Saturday, said the Pr",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Oct 12 (CRICKETNMORE) <\/strong>Left-arm spinner Keshav Maharaj, who braved a sore shoulder to top-score for South Africa with a gritty 72 on Day 3 of the second Test against India here on Saturday, said the Proteas must stay positive and try to put some pressure on India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Ace India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin picked up four wickets to pour cold water on Maharaj&#39;s career-best score as the visitors&#39; first innings folded for 275, still 326 runs behind India&#39;s first innings tally of 601\/5 declared.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Maharaj batted brilliantly to justify his two centuries in first-class cricket as he joined hands with Vernon Philander (42 not out) for a gritty 109-run stand for the ninth wicket. The duo came together when the tourists were reeling at 162\/8.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Maharaj faced 132 balls and hit 12 fours in the course of his knock.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;It&#39;s very sore (shoulder), I dived on it yesterday, lots of bruising. But hopefully, I will be fine going further into the series,&quot; he said after the match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Myself and Vernon (Philander) decided that trying to go to tea unscathed was the first target. I was a bit injudicious at times (being a lower order batsman), but he (Philander) kept me in my mind and space and I managed to get some runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We wanted to spend as much time in the middle as possible. I don&#39;t know what India will do, but we need to keep being positive, don&#39;t go into a shell and try and build some partnerships and transfer some pressure back on India,&quot; Maharaj said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>On his gameplan, the 29-year-old said: &quot;I sat with Prasanna Raman (South Africa&#39;s analyst) last night, the gameplan for me going forward was to how to play spin... I wanted to try and go outside the off-stump, for (Ravindra) Jadeja, I tried to get my left leg out of the way.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Maharaj also informed that the pitch was not in a good shape, making run-scoring difficult.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The wicket is deteriorating, it&#39;s becoming difficult to score runs and (Mohammed) Shami got it to reverse as well. But think we managed it well,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>When asked if he had any word of advice for his batsmen, Maharaj said, &quot;Not at all. To be honest, I was in a lot of pain myself.&quot;<\/p>\r\n",
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