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    "excerpt": "Melbourne, Dec 28 (IANS) India's premier batsman Virat Kohli said Sunday it was unusual to see Australia drop so many catches.",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Melbourne, Dec 28 (IANS)&nbsp;India&#39;s premier batsman Virat Kohli said Sunday it was unusual to see Australia drop so many catches.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nKohli (169) and Ajinkya Rahane (147), primary beneficiaries of Australia&#39;s generosity, scored fine centuries to help India launch an inspired reply to the home team&#39;s huge first innings score of 530, reaching 462 for eight at the end of day three.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;They have set for high standards in the field and today was surprising to see them drop three catches and have so many misfields and easy singles for us,&quot; Kohli said.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nKohli and Rahane survived after giving two chances each, while debutant Lokesh Rahul also got a second opportunity.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nKohli said that Australia&#39;s poor catching efforts was surprising since they set high standards in the field and are known to maintain the high level.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;I don&#39;t remember the last time I&#39;ve seen them being inconsistent in the field. They&#39;ve got very high standards with slip catching and in the field,&quot; he said.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;It might just be one of those off days for them, but in general they do have very high standards as far as fielding is concerned.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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