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    "excerpt": "Chennai, March 2:\u00a0\u00a0The loudest cheers were reserved for him as veteran wicketkeeper-batsman and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni walked out to bat at the nets to kick-start his",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Chennai, March 2:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;The loudest cheers were reserved for him as veteran wicketkeeper-batsman and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni walked out to bat at the nets to kick-start his preparations for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>CSK shared a video of Dhoni taking guard at the nets with the crowd which turned out to watch him train at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium chanting his name. &quot;A grand waltz to take guard,&quot; said the tweet along with the video.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier, Dhoni was given a hero&#39;s welcome as he arrived in the state capital. The upcoming IPL will see the return of Dhoni to cricketing action as the stumper is on a break since playing in the semifinal of the 2019 World Cup where India lost to New Zealand.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 13th edition of IPL starts on March 29 with defending champions Mumbai Indians taking on the Chennai Super Kings at the Wankhede Stadium in what will be Dhoni&#39;s first game after an eight-month sabbatical.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A grand waltz to take guard! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StartTheWhistles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StartTheWhistles<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SuperTraining?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SuperTraining<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tQbDqqnmT2\">pic.twitter.com\/tQbDqqnmT2<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChennaiIPL\/status\/1234487950274023426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>",
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