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    "excerpt": "Sydney, April 9:\u00a0\u00a0Australian Test captain Tim Paine rubbished Michael Clarke's claims that the team \"sucked up to India\" and were being nice to Virat Kohli during the 2018\/19 Test series in Aust",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Sydney, April 9:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Australian Test captain Tim Paine rubbished Michael Clarke&#39;s claims that the team &quot;sucked up to India&quot; and were being nice to Virat Kohli during the 2018\/19 Test series in Australia so as to ensure good deals when the Indian Premier League comes around.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I certainly didn&#39;t notice too many people being that nice to Virat or not trying to get him out or anything like that,&quot; Paine told ESPNcricinfo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>India won the series 2-1, thus making them the first Asian team to beat Australia Down Under in a Test series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I thought everyone who had the ball in their hand or when we were batting were trying their absolute best to win the game for Australia. I&#39;m not sure who was going easy on him; we certainly had a thing where we didn&#39;t want to provoke any fight with him because we think that&#39;s when he plays at his best,&quot; Paine said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kohli scored more runs than any Australian batsman but was the third highest run scorer among the Indians with Rishabh Pant and Cheteshwar Pujara finishing above him. The series formed a significant part of the Amazon Prime documentary that was released recently which depicted the team&#39;s journey from the 2018 ball tampering scandal to them retaining the Ashes in 2019.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The next Test series between the two nations is scheduled to take place when India tour Australia later in the year, provided the situation around coronavirus permits a series to take place.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Who knows what will happen this series and, as we saw in the documentary, there was still quite a lot of heat in some of those games. I certainly wasn&#39;t holding back, but again the IPL&#39;s not a huge draw for me at the moment, so I had nothing to lose,&quot; Paine said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;But anytime our guys go out and play a Test match for Australia, they&#39;ll be giving their absolute all and I&#39;m pretty sure they&#39;re not thinking about an IPL contract when they&#39;re running in, bowling to Virat.&quot;<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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