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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) South Zone opener Lokesh Rahul, who scored an unbeaten 168 to guide his team to take a 32-run lead against Central Zone in the Duleep Trophy final at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Thursday, expressed his happiness over his comparison with legendary batsman Rahul Dravid.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&ldquo;I feel happy when I am compared with him. As a child, I used to watch a lot of his batting and also Sachin&rsquo;s (Tendulkar). But It would be great if I can score the amount of runs Dravid has scored,&rdquo; the 22-year-old right-hander told reporters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&ldquo;Also, I have learned a lot playing alongside South African AB de Villiers and India&rsquo;s Virat Kohli in the Indian Premier League (IPL),&rdquo; the Karnataka batsman, who scored more than 1,000 runs last year, added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Talking about Thursday&rsquo;s knock, &ldquo;It was a good wicket to bat. Last year, I was getting out after getting a lot of starts. So I am working to convert the starts into bigger hundreds and today&rsquo;s knock it&rsquo;s my highest score in first-class cricket. It&rsquo;s one of my best knocks.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Rahul said that they will look to swell the lead Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&ldquo;Me and (Hanuma) Vihari need to get off to a good start tomorrow morning and our game plan will be to increase the lead as much as possible,&rdquo; he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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