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    "title": "India's first victory in World Cup was Special",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">First victory is always special...<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">India&#39;s win against East Africa in 1975 world cup was special in many sense. It was India&#39;s first victory in World cup. It was the first time any team won the match by 10 wickets. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Background<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">India started the world cup journey with a disappointing performance against England. England thrashed them by 202 runs in the opening match of 1975 World Cup.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Match Overview<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">The second match was against non-test playing nation&nbsp;East Africa at Headingley.&nbsp;East Africa won the toss and elected to bat first. Against some tight bowling attack they managed to score just 120 runs and were bowled out in 55.3 overs. Madan Lal picked 3 where as Abid Ali and Mohinder Amarnath took 2 wickets each for India. It&#39;s important to mention the contribution of Bishen Singh Bedi, who though picked just&nbsp;1 wicket but bowled the&nbsp;most economical bowling figures of World Cup (still a record) with figures of 12-8-6-1.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-world-cup-1975\/scorecard-of-east-africa-vs-india-at-leeds--6035\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Scorecard - India vs East Africa at Leeds<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Chasing down a small target of 121, Indian openers won the match in just 29 overs. It was the first time when a team won an ODI by 10 wickets. A different version of Sunil Gavasakar was seen. After a super slow innings against England in the opening match, Gavaskar scored 65* from just 86 balls which included 9 fours also. He was well supported by&nbsp;Farokh Engineer on the other end who scored an unbeaten 54. It was a great comeback by India and specially a big relief for Sunil Gavaskar who was blamed for slow batting in the first match.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<div style=\"background:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>Match Date : June 11, 1975<\/strong><br \/>\r\nVenue&nbsp;: Headingley, Leeds<br \/>\r\nToss :&nbsp;East Africa&nbsp;won the toss and&nbsp;elected&nbsp;to bat first<br \/>\r\nUmpires :&nbsp;Dickie&nbsp;Bird and A&nbsp;Jepson<br \/>\r\nMatch Result : India won by 10 wkts<br \/>\r\nMan of the Match : Farokh Engineer<\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>East Africa Batting<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Frasat Ali b Abid Ali 12<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Samuel Walusimbi&nbsp;lbw&nbsp;b Abid Ali 16<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Praful Mehta (WK) run out 12<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Yunus Badat b Bedi 1<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Jawahir Shah b Amarnath 37<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Harilal Shah (C) c Engineer b Amarnath 0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Ramesh Sethi c Gaekwad b Madan Lal 23<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Mehmood Quaraishy run out 6<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Zulfiqar Ali not out 2<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Prabhu Nana&nbsp;lbw&nbsp;b Madan Lal 0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Don Pringle b Madan Lal 2<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Extras :&nbsp;9 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 8)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Total :&nbsp;120 all out (55.3 Overs)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Fall of&nbsp;Wickets :&nbsp;1-26 (Frasat Ali), 2-36 (Walusimbi), 3-37 (Yunus Badat), 4-56 (Mehta), 5-56 (Harilal Shah), 6-98 (Jawahir Shah), 7-116 (Sethi), 8-116 (Mehmood Quaraishy), 9-116 (Nana), 10-120 (Pringle)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>India Bowling<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Abid Ali 12-5-22-2<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Madan Lal 9.3-2-15-3<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Bedi 12-8-6-1<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Venkataraghavan 12-4-29-0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Amarnath 10-0-39-2<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>India Batting<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Sunil Gavaskar not out 65<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Farokh Engineer (WK) not out 54<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Did Not Bat -&nbsp;Anshuman Gaekwad,&nbsp;Gundappa Viswanath,&nbsp;Brijesh Patel,&nbsp;Eknath Solkar,&nbsp;Abid Ali,&nbsp;Madan Lal,&nbsp;Mohinder Amarnath,&nbsp;Venkataraghavan (C),&nbsp;Bishan Singh Bedi<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Extras :&nbsp;4 (Wides: 0 No Balls: 0 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 0)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Total :&nbsp;123\/0 (29.5 Overs)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><strong>East Africa&nbsp;Bowling<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Frasat Ali 6-1-17-0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Pringle 3-0-14-0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Zulfiqar Ali 11-3-32-0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Nana 4.5-0-36-0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span 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