Sidhu might be a nightmare to work with, but he comes up with these beauties once in a while. Numbers can be used in the most amazing ways if we knew how to interpret them and temper our game accordingly.
“Statistics are like miniskirts, they reveal more than they hide.” -Navjot Singh Sidhu
Exactly where Mohandas Menon comes in. This man spends close to seventeen hours a day scanning every sports report in the world and then feeding it into his spreadsheet to come up with the most mind-boggling statistics you could think of. Here’s a compilation of some tweets to prove it to you:
Playing #CSK from 2011-2013 Nuwan Kulasekara is the only bowler in #IPL not to concede a 6 after delivering 100+ balls! He bowled 102 balls
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 12, 2015 After KKR’s 1-wicket win over Kings XI Punjab – this seriously brilliant statistic!
With today’s 1 wkt win – all margins of wins by wkts from 1 to 10 have been achieved in #IPL While, by runs 1 to 50, all achieved except 49
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 9, 2015 And this one.
So far in #IPL 2015….. 785 – the most runs have come in 17th over 52 – the most wkts have come in 20th over #CSKvMI
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 8, 2015 Info about that on-field umpire officiating for the match.
#IPL umpire Christopher Gaffaney is one of the few Kiwi batsmen to have made a 100 in Fc (8), List A (1) and T20 (1) career…. #CSKvMI
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 8, 2015 Survival of the fittest.
Least number of #IPL matches missed Min 50 mts 0 S Raina (125) 1 V Kohli (117) 1 S Warne (55) 3 MSD (122) 3 A Rayudu (90) 4 S Badrinath (95)
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 8, 2015 Some trivia about the on-going events in the world.
Alec Douglas-Home, is the only British PM (1963-1964) to play first-class cricket. He played ten fc games from 1924-1927 #ukelection2015
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 8, 2015 All work and play makes Mohan a dull boy.
Eddie Murphy & Chris Gayle… #RCBvsKXIP #IPL pic.twitter.com/Ixs57D81uE
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 6, 2015 Looking back.
Today in 1954: Englishman Roger Bannister became the first person to run the mile in under four minutes (3:59.4) https://t.co/5VDJhNJ0VR
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 6, 2015 Trust him to watch each ball, each boundary.
The first four hit in this #KKRvsSRH match by #KKR ‘s Robin Uthappa off #SRH ‘s Dale Steyn in the 2nd over was the 1000th of #IPL 2015!
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 4, 2015 Show me the money! #MayPac
Floyd Mayweather will make $4,994,681 per minute while Manny Pacquiao $3,329,787 per minute during the #MayPac show!
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 3, 2015 Trust Mr Menon to catch the smallest of details.
This is #CSK ‘s 147th T20 game (123 in #IPL & 24 in #CLT20 ) since 2008 First time they are playing without a local player…. #KKRvsCSK
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 30, 2015 Once in a while, you’ll also read numbers about non-sport entities…
Furious 7 has taken just 17 days to break the $1 billion barrier, surpassing Avatar’s record of 19 days! http://t.co/1pU0eNc4wQ
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 29, 2015 This very interesting statistic about Pakistan’s Mohd Hafeez.
Mohd Hafeez 2773* runs – of which 2096* runs (76%) have come after the age of 30 years! #BanvPak
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 29, 2015 Random trivia, fascinating nonetheless.
According to a recent study, you will need 136 billion sheets of standard 8 by 11 paper to print the entire matter available on the internet
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 28, 2015 He just knows it all, doesn’t he?
For those asking, the doctor who oversaw the birth of Sachin Tendulkar today in 1973 is Dr Shraddhanand Thakur (now 87 years!)
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 24, 2015 #JustSaying
Gautam Gambhir most 50+ scores and most ducks in #IPL – the right mix! #DDvsKKR
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 20, 2015 The evolution of opening stands in Tests. Pattern much?
300+ opening stands in Tests…. from 1877 to 1999: 6 from 2000 to date: 7 #BanvPak
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) May 2, 2015 He just loves the numbers, doesn’t he?
My hottest cricket game – today at Ahmedabad – 43C the coldest at Delhi – 6 January 2013 (IndvPak ODI) – 1C #RRvsCSK #IPL
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 19, 2015 On the great Richie Benaud’s passing.
Most Test wkts by a visiting spinner in Asia 127 S Warne 98 D Vettori 73 D Underwood/G Swann 71 #richiebenaud 54 L Gibbs 52 AGiles/MPanesar
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) April 10, 2015 Looking back at the longest bowling careers – when Vettori announced his retirement.
Most balls delivered in intl cricket 63132 Muralidharan 55346 Anil Kumble 51347 Shane Warne 43661 DANIEL VETTORI 42266 Glenn McGrath
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 31, 2015 One of most heartening statistics from WC 2015 for Indian supporters.
In #CWC15 Indian bowlers delivered most dot balls – 1256, followed by SA (1235), NZ (1229), Aus (1124) & Pak (1053)
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 30, 2015 Just before the #CWC15 final.
Today 60 yrs ago at Eden Park,Auckland, New Zealand were dismissed for 26 in 27 ovs by Eng – still the lowest ever Test total #CWC15 #AusnNZ
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 28, 2015 Another beautiful statistic about India in recent ICC tournaments.
In all ICC tournaments (CWC/WT20/CT) frm Feb 2011 %win 84.85 Ind 63.64 SL 60.71 NZ 57.14 Pak 55.56 Aus 55.17 SA 44.83 WI 40.74 Eng 38.10 Ban
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 27, 2015 After India’s tragic loss to the Aussies in the semis of #CWC15
Today was India’s first loss in a 50 over ICC event since losing to South Africa at Nagpur on 12 March 2011 In between 16-0 #CWC15 #IndvsAus
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 26, 2015 And here even he re-iterates the dream of a summer that Steven Smith has had.
Steven Smith this season in all formats 1887r @ 75.48 100/50: 7/10 v Ind 846r @ 120.85 100/50: 4/2 #BingPredicts #DimagSay #IndvsAus #CWC15
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) March 26, 2015 The man’s a wizard, isn’t he? All the amazing statistics you read above are only from the past 45 days on his timeline. If you want your daily dose of numbers from around the world, follow him @mohanstatsman .
