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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Brisbane, Dec 20 (IANS) Six Indian wickets in the morning session on the fourth day caused the visitors&#39; downfall in the second Test, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said here Saturday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">India collapsed from 71 for one to 224 all out in the first session. That set the tone for an Australian win and their 2-0 lead in the series.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Dhoni had no qualms in admitting that his batsmen messed up another chance of taking India to an overseas Test win.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;It is disappointing and the most important thing is to reason out why it happened. Once you find that out, you can rectify the mistakes in the coming game,&quot; Dhoni said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;Today the first session was very crucial and I don&rsquo;t think we handled it very well. Had we got a decent partnership going and taken the game on the fifth day, we could have exploited the conditions better. The morning session had a big impact on the game.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The mayhem for India began even before they took the field in the morning. The batsmen were having a hit at the nets on wickets that had uneven bounce.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Despite the team&rsquo;s repeated requests for fresh practice pitches, the Indian batsmen had to hone their skills on the dangerous worn-out pitches.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">While batting on one of them, Shikhar Dhawan - one of India&rsquo;s overnight batsmen - got hit on his hand and injured his right wrist.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">It meant the Indian opener couldn&rsquo;t continue his innings and Virat Kohli had to walk out to the middle instead.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Dhoni said that disrupted the serenity of the dressing room as the severity of Dhawan&rsquo;s injury was known just minutes before the start of play.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;We went for the morning practice and the wickets were not very good. Shikhar was batting, got hit and left. I had a hit as well and left early because we found the wicket to be uneven,&rdquo; Dhoni said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;By the time we came back to the dressing room, it was really close to the start of play. It&rsquo;s then that we saw that Shikhar was not 100 percent fit to bat. We could only give five-ten minutes to Virat to prepare.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">While the catastrophic batting collapse proved to be the final nail in India&rsquo;s coffin, the problems began on the third day itself when they couldn&rsquo;t get the Australian tailenders out.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Mitchell Johnson led the way with a fiery 88 and the rest followed, allowing Australia to add 258 runs for the last four wickets.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">About India&rsquo;s persistent short ball attack to the Australian tail, Dhoni said it would have proved to be successful with a slice of luck.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;We knew Mitchell can bat. So, it was important to bowl a few bouncers because we have got wickets with the short ball,&rdquo; the Indian captain said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Also, now we have bowlers who can bowl bouncers at good pace. Mitchell went for his shots and there were a few balls that didn&rsquo;t quite go to the fielders. We kept changing our plans. It wasn&rsquo;t that we went in only with one plan. In the end the only plan worked was taking the new ball. But we couldn&rsquo;t do it after 60 overs.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">While accepting the flaws in his young team, Dhoni also urged people to be patient with them. He said he was confident that with a little more experience, this team will do well overseas.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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