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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Having suffered a humiliating defeat against the West Indies in the first One-Day International (ODI) of the five-match series, hosts India will look to regain some pride and turn the corner in the second ODI at the Feroz Shah Kotla here Saturday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">India began the series as the overwhelming favourites but were comprehensively beaten at Kochi Wednesday by a Caribbean side beset by off-field pay disputes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">India lost by a massive 124 runs at the Nehru Stadium, succumbing to their second biggest margin of loss against a visiting team, nine runs less than their biggest loss of 135 runs in 2002.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;We are positive despite the defeat and are working hard. Our focus is to play smart cricket to win the match. We are a strongly-knit bunch of players and one loss doesn&#39;t affect our moral,&quot; opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan said at a press conference here Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">The West Indies did and still do have problems of their own. The build-up to the match was dampened by an unwanted yet longstanding dispute over a payment agreement that once raised the possibility of the first ODI being boycotted by the visiting team.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">But timely intervention by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) neutralised that possibility.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Sanjay Patel Thursday said the BCCI will be happy to help the WICB as a &quot;mediator&quot; once the series ends but denied that BCCI paid the disgruntled players or WICB prior to the Kochi ODI.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">In these circumstances, it should have been relatively easy for India, the world champions, to begin the series with a thumping victory, which should have set the tone for the remainder of the series.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">But they began the series on a wrong foot.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Guilty of being a little complacent, the Indian bowling were smashed all over the park, chiefly by Marlon Samuels who helped himself to a stroke-filled unbeaten 126.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">He was particularly severe towards the end of their innings, dispatching to the boundary anything loose offered by Indians.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">India&#39;s much vaunted batting line-up too floundered, getting bowled out for a mere 197 runs with only opener Shikhar Dhawan getting among runs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">The poor batting form that plagued Virat Kohli in India&#39;s tour of England stretched to home soil.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">He managed to score only two while the Chennai Super Kings&#39; (CSK) Champions League Twenty20 winning duo of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina also failed to get going.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;We analysed several games of the India-England series to study some India players. We are trying to expose their weakness. We are aware that beating India at home is difficult and there&#39;s a long way to go in the series but we are ready for it,&quot; West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;This is the best all-round West Indies team I have played in. We are missing Chris Gayle and Sunil Narine but the team is still very confident. I am particularly glad to see Samuels among runs&quot;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">For the Caribbeans, injured Lendl Simmons remains doubtful and Bravo, who stepped up to open at Kochi, said he will take a final call Saturday morning, as to who will open their innings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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