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    "excerpt": "Mumbai, June 20:\u00a0They are undoubtedly the best in the business at present, but India skipper Virat Kohli and Australia batsman Steve Smith also have a sense of respect towards each other. While Kohli",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Mumbai, June 20:<\/strong>&nbsp;They are undoubtedly the best in the business at present, but India skipper Virat Kohli and Australia batsman Steve Smith also have a sense of respect towards each other. While Kohli backed Smith when he made a return to the game after serving a 12-month suspension due to the Sandpaper Gate, Smith has time and again spoken about how Kohli is a machine when it comes to scoring runs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Speaking on Star Sports show Cricket Connected, Australia batsman Steve Smith spoke about his friendship with India team captain Virat Kohli, &quot;I had few conversations with him (Virat) off the field, few messages here and there in recent times just to see how things are going in India. He is a terrific guy and we both play hard out on the field and play as well for our respective teams and its part of the game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Virat&#39;s gesture in the World Cup to the Indian fans that were giving me and David Warner little bit of a stick, I appreciated that and I share that with him straight up. He is a terrific guy and the way he has lead the Indian Team has been amazing, they are amazing side and can&#39;t wait to play them when they come out to Australia this year will be something incredibly special.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Talking about Kohli&#39;s ability to chase down games, Smith had earlier said: &quot;Yeah, he is terrific. His batting numbers just speak for themselves. I think he&#39;s an incredible player in all three formats and I think we will see him break many records. He&#39;s already broken plenty of them and I see him breaking many more over the years. He has got the hunger for runs and doesn&#39;t stop getting them. Hopefully, he can stop getting them against Australia, that&#39;ll be nice.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;As a captain he&#39;s already made India the number one side in the world in Test cricket. From what I have seen he sets really good standards for them. He is a lot about fitness and is health conscious and things like that. He&#39;s got the Indian side into a really good place and leads them exceptionally well.&quot;<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">recognises<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWhat did you make of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/imVkohli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@imVkohli<\/a> asking the crowd to applaud <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevesmith49?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stevesmith49<\/a> at the ICC <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CWC19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CWC19<\/a>?<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nCatch the Aussie superstar himself talk about it and more on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CricketConnected?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CricketConnected<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kYhsX2vFBh\">pic.twitter.com\/kYhsX2vFBh<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarSportsIndia\/status\/1274288484585373697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>",
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