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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Chennai, May 9 (IANS) Mumbai Indians opener Lendl Simmons said he doesn&#39;t have many half-centuries as he would have liked but is happy doing the important thing, which is giving the team good starts in the Indian Premier League (IPL).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Mumbai jumped to fourth spot in the standings with a crucial six-wicket victory over hosts Chennai Super Kings (CSK) here on Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&quot;So far things have been going the way I wanted them to. I don&rsquo;t have as many half-centuries as I would have liked but I am doing the important thing, which is giving my team a good start. A good start is very important to have a good score in the end,&rdquo; Simmons was quoted as saying by iplt20.com.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;So far Parthiv Patel and I have been doing the job, giving the team a good, solid platform to build on. But you know this is a funny game. You don&rsquo;t score in two games and things will change. But we remain positive and take it one game at a time. We now have won five out of five and that is pretty good.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">Four losses followed by five wins on the bounce for Mumbai, it has been an amazing turnaround for the Rohit Sharma-led side.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;Last year too we were in a similar situation. We lost our first five games. We just like coming from behind. Hopefully, the losses are out of the way and we can continue in this vein,&rdquo; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\">&ldquo;In the first four matches, we did get the scores we wanted but our bowling wasn&rsquo;t coming to the party. Now our bowlers are complementing our batting and when that happens, we can defend or chase any total.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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