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    "excerpt": "New Delhi, July 1: Former South African captain AB de Villiers decided to pick M.S. Dhoni as the captain of his all-time Indian Premier League (IPL) XI. De Villiers also kept New Zealand captain Kane ",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>New Delhi, July 1: <\/strong>Former South African captain AB de Villiers decided to pick M.S. Dhoni as the captain of his all-time Indian Premier League (IPL) XI. De Villiers also kept New Zealand captain Kane Williamson and Australia&#39;s Steve Smith as options for number four but had to in the end pick himself because of the conditions of picking the team.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In a conversation with commentator Harsha Bhogle for Cricbuzz, De Villiers was told that he had to pick himself as one of the four overseas players. &quot;At number four either Williamson or Smith or myself,&quot; said De Villiers in the video chat. &quot;But I have given you the two replacement options.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>De Villiers picked his former Delhi Daredevils teammate Virender Sehwag to open the batting alongwith Rohit Sharma, who according to him has played &quot;some of the best cricket in the world in the last five years.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>His Royal Challengers Bangalore teammate and Indian captain Virat Kohli comes in at number three. England&#39;s maverick all-rounder Ben Stokes comes in at five after De Villiers and the captain Dhoni follows him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja comes after that followed by Afghanistan&#39;s star spinner Rashid Khan. The fast bowlers in De Villiers&#39; team are Bhuvneshwar Kumar, his former South Africa teammate Kagiso Rabada and Jasprit Bumrah.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>De Villiers&#39; all-time IPL XI: Virender Sehwag, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Williamson\/Smith\/De Villiers, Ben Stokes, MS Dhoni (c), Ravindra Jadeja, Rashid Khan, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kagiso Rabada, Jasprit Bumrah<\/p>\r\n",
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