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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Sydney, March 25 (IANS) Ahead of the do-or-die cricket World Cup semi-final between India and Australia, former explosive opening batsman Matthew Hayden was on Wednesday confident that the co-hosts will beat India to enter the final.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Obviously I think Australia will defeat India,&rdquo; Hayden, member of Australia&#39;s World Cup winning squads in 2003 and 2007, was quoted as saying by news.com.au on Wednesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The 43-year-old said India&rsquo;s two spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja will play a big part on Thursday considering the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) pitch which might assist the spinners.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been impressed with the Indian bowling line-up. They&rsquo;re particularly strong in the spin department with Ravi Jadeja and Ashwin and those two could be the key to the game,&rdquo; Hayden was quoted as saying by news.com.au.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The left-handed batsman also stressed that although Indian pacers have been bowling well, they haven&rsquo;t been exposed in the earlier matches and they will be against Australia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;While their pace battery has been performing admirably during the tournament, they haven&rsquo;t been exposed and I think they will be against Australia,&rdquo; Hayden said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">He also said that Suresh Raina and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni will play a big part in the game and can be dangerous.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;With the bat I can see Suresh Raina and MS Dhoni playing a big part. Even if Australia takes quick wickets at the start of the game these two can be very dangerous. The conditions will suit them both,&rdquo; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">When asked to analyse India&rsquo;s overall performance in the mega event, he said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s hard to get a read on India&rsquo;s performance in the group stage because I don&rsquo;t think they were really tested. The South Africa game didn&rsquo;t really go down to the wire and they got the Proteas on a really bad day.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Speaking on the pressure that would be on the high-voltage clash, he said, &ldquo;India have won all their games convincingly, the SCG will suit them and in a semi-final where it&rsquo;s all on the line there&rsquo;s equal pressure on both sides. But they&rsquo;ve been hammered by Australia all summer.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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