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    "title": "Geoffrey Boycott Urges England Batsmen To Follow Kohli's Spin Class",
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    "excerpt": "Geoffrey Boycott has told England to learn from the example of India captain Virat Kohli when it comes to batting on spin-friendly pitches. England were twice dismissed cheaply on a Chennai pitch offe",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Geoffrey Boycott has told England to learn from the example of India captain Virat Kohli when it comes to batting on spin-friendly pitches.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>England were twice dismissed cheaply on a Chennai pitch offering considerable turn as hosts India won the second Test by the huge margin of 317 runs on Tuesday to level the four-match series at 1-1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Even though pitches around the word have long varied because of differences in climate, Boycott said England could use Indian conditions to their advantage,&nbsp;especially if they understood how Kohli followed being bowled for nought by off-spinner Moeen Ali in India&#39;s first innings with a second-innings 62.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The great thing about Indian pitches is that they are not fast,&quot; former England opener Boycott wrote in his Daily Telegraph column. &quot;You have time to adjust and pick your shots.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Boycott, a renowned defensive batsman during a Test career that lasted from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s, added: &quot;Look at how Virat Kohli batted in the second innings when the pitch was bad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"page-break-after:always\"><span style=\"display:none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;He used the odd sweep shot but stuck to the basics and batted superbly.&nbsp;&quot;Virat defended with determination, his footwork was superb and at all times he was careful and watchful. His judgement of length was exceptional and his shot execution equally impressive.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;He showed that it is possible to bat properly,&quot; insisted Boycott, who criticised England&#39;s batsmen for trying to hit against the spin.&nbsp;Meanwhile, Boycott was glad that Joe Root&#39;s men &quot;did not whinge about the pitch&quot;, adding criticism of a surface after an England defeat &quot;sounds like sour grapes&quot;.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Nothing in the laws of cricket says the pitch should be flat for batsmen,&quot; Boycott said.&nbsp;&quot;Every pitch in India spins. It is just a question of when and how much it turns.&quot;&nbsp;The third Test in Ahmedabad starts next Wednesday (February 24).<\/p>\r\n",
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