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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Chennai, July 31<\/strong> - Left-arm spinner Steve O&#39;Keefe made sure India A did not get away too far as he bagged figures of 3-83 for Australia A to reduce the hosts to 267\/6 in their second innings at the end of third day&#39;s play of the second and last four-day cricket match at the M.A. Chidambaram stadium here on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Resuming the day at 329\/9, the visitors added 20 more runs to be finally bowled out for 349 as Pragyan Ojha got rid of Andrew Fekete for 10.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After conceding a first innings lead of 214, India were jolted upfront as skipper Cheteshwar Pujara got out cheaply for 11, failing to make his ground.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Opener Abhinav Mukund and India&#39;s Test captain Virat Kohli then got together to put on a partnership of 63 runs for the second wicket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both batsmen looked at ease facing the Australian bowling attack with Kohli racing to 45 which included five delightful boundaries. Just when the duo looked well settled O&#39;Keefe rocked Kohli&rsquo;s citadel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, Mukund carried on batting unfazed by the loss of two wickets and forged another partnership with Karun Nair who scored a pacy 31 of just 34 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Australia pacer Gurinder Sandhu then got rid of Nair as the score read 134\/3 in 45.5 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mumbai batsman Shreyas Iyer then got together with Mukund to knit yet another useful partnership of 70 runs. But could not carry on to make it big.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mukund (59) fell shortly after getting to his fifty while Iyer soon followed his footsteps as the host found themselves struggling at 210\/5.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wicket-keeper Naman Ojha was the last man to go as he spooned one to Usman Khawaja off an O&#39;Keefe delivery.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">India A added 10 runs more after Ojha&rsquo;s loss to rest at 267\/6 at the end of the third days play. They lead only by 53 runs with four wickets to spare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brief Scores: India A 135 &amp; 267\/6 (Abhinav Mukund 59, Shreya Iyer 49; Steve O&#39;Keefe 3-83) vs Australia A 349 (Cameron Bancroft 150, Callum Ferguson 54; Baba Aparajith 5-86, Pragyan Ojha 4-107).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 16.6399993896484px;\">(IANS)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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