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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS)&nbsp;India A and Under-19 cricket team head coach Rahul Dravid is concerned about the country&#39;s young batsmen&#39;s inclination towards attempting big shots, ignoring the importance of rotating strikes to construct partnerships.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;One of the areas that could be a concern for Indian cricket is that there is a lack of balance; people are either defending or hitting big shots and it easy to set fields to that as you can set in-out fields,&quot; Dravid was quoted as saying by espncricinfo on Wednesday.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nThe former Indian captain, known for his steely resolve and flawless batting technique throughout his career, recently coached India A in the series against Australia A and South Africa A.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nIndia A lost one four-day match to Australia A on a dry Chennai pitch and against the spin of Steve O&#39;Keefe before coming back with a victory over South Africa A in Kerala.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;The ability to rotate the strike and construct a partnership when people have put men on the boundary line, and not hitting cover or point all the time, being able to hit to long-on or long-off and playing risk-free cricket, and building an innings against spin on tracks that are slow and turn a bit -- these skills need to be worked on and developed,&quot; the 42-year-old said.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nDravid did not see a lack of love for the longer format cricket in the youngsters, but he realised that unlike in his era, succeeding in Tests is not a must presently.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;Definitely, just as keen as I was when I was their age. When I look at them, they are very keen to play Test cricket and succeed in four-day cricket at the Ranji level. They all want to do well. I think what has changed is that they don&#39;t necessarily need to do it. Today, a living can be made off the sport even if you don&#39;t succeed in long-form cricket,&rdquo; Dravid, who scored 13,288 runs in 164 Test matches, pointed out.<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n&quot;I think that opportunity never existed to cricketers of my generation. When I was growing up, if you wanted to make a career off the sport and wanted to make the sport you love a profession for a long period of time, you just had to succeed in long-form cricket. Today with Twenty20 cricket, the opportunities have changed,&rdquo; Dravid, who scored 10,889 runs in One-Day Internationals (ODIs), added.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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