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    "title": "1st ODI: Australia Opt To Bat Against India",
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    "excerpt": "Sydney, Nov 27 -\u00a0Australia captain Aaron Finch on Friday won the toss and elected to bat against India in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). \"We will bat firs",
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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"color:#2c3e50\"><strong>Sydney, Nov 27 -&nbsp;Australia captain Aaron Finch on Friday won the toss and elected to bat against India in the first ODI of the three-match series at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG).<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;We will bat first. It&#39;s great to have cricket back in Australia and to play in front of crowds will be nice,&quot; said Finch.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;The wicket looks good. Hopefully, we can put runs on the board and defend. Steve Smith is back and he replaces Mitchell Marsh,&quot; he added.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nFor India, Mayank Agarwal will open the innings alongside Shikhar Dhawan, informed India skipper Virat Kohli.&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;It&#39;s important to start well as a team, we need to start strongly and set the momentum for the matches ahead. The preparations have been nice, we got some valuable time (on account of the quarantine),&quot; Kohli said.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nManish Pandey, Shubman Gill, Shardul Thakur, T Natarajan, Sanju Samson and Kuldeep Yadav are the players who missed out on being part of the Indian XI.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>Playing XIs<\/strong><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>Australia:<\/strong> Aaron Finch(c), David Warner, Steven Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Alex Carey(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<strong>India:<\/strong> Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, Virat Kohli(c), Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Navdeep Saini<\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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