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    "title": "Steve Smith Reaches Mumbai To Join Delhi Capitals Ahead Of IPL 2021",
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    "excerpt": "Delhi Capitals' new Australian recruit, batsman Steve Smith arrived in Mumbai and joined the squad at the team hotel in Mumbai. The former Australia skipper will undergo quarantine for a week. \"De",
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    "editor1": "<p>Delhi Capitals&#39; new Australian recruit, batsman Steve Smith arrived in Mumbai and joined squad at the team hotel in Mumbai. The former Australia skipper will undergo quarantine for a week.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Delhi Capitals&#39; batsman Steve Smith arrived at the team hotel in Mumbai on Saturday, 03 April 2021. Smith will be in quarantine for one week,&quot; said a statement from the Delhi Capitals franchise.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nWelcome to the DC family, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevesmith49?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stevesmith49<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YehHaiNayiDilli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YehHaiNayiDilli<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TajMahalMumbai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TajMahalMumbai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/51IfI2OjGI\">pic.twitter.com\/51IfI2OjGI<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; Delhi Capitals (@DelhiCapitals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DelhiCapitals\/status\/1378250172526817280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<p>Smith, who represented Rajasthan Royals in the last season and could make just 311 runs at an average 25.91, was released by the Jaipur franchise.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He was, however, picked by Delhi Capitals for Rs 2.2 crore this season.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Delhi Capitals&#39; assistant coach Mohammed Kaif had said after the auctions that they were lucky to have Smith so cheap and would have gone the distance to bid for him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Smith is coming off a decent Australia summer in which he scored heavily in the ODI series and also got some runs in the Test series against India.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Here, however, he will be playing under the captaincy of Rishabh Pant.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Delhi Capitals, who were runners-up last season, will take on Chennai Super Kings in their first match of the IPL 2021 season, at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on April 10.<\/p>\r\n",
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