Semi professional historian. Hobby Account. Everyday i try to learn atleast one new thing about the world.
Joined September 2023
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Since this one is getting a lot of traction, here is another one looking at the same data with different lens.
This one is Home vs away in non-draw.
Jun 14
This is an visual representation of my point.
Pant is an elite batter, has played in an really difficult era for batting, has some great knocks on very difficult pitches and situations.
But he is far from India's true elites on tough pitches.
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This tied SL A vs Ind A game made me go down a bit of a rabbit hole of tie breakers and their history in cricket but wanted to share a cute little thing that I discovered at the very start, we currently have the same number of tied ODIs and T20Is: 47.
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#OnThisDay in 1955, Australia recovered from 7/2 to post a then-record 758/8 against West Indies in Kingston, powered by Test cricket’s first-ever five individual centuries - from Colin McDonald, Neil Harvey, Keith Miller, Ron Archer, and Richie Benaud.
Australia won by an innings and 82 runs.
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Better in my opinion
Jun 14
Hate this metrics.
That 80 inns stretch was 9 year for sobers 7 for sachin, and same for many of the old batters.
But modern players can do it in max 4-5 years.
And since its much harder to maintain excellence for longer, this list gets over represented by modern batters.
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Jun 14
Hate this metrics.
That 80 inns stretch was 9 year for sobers 7 for sachin, and same for many of the old batters.
But modern players can do it in max 4-5 years.
And since its much harder to maintain excellence for longer, this list gets over represented by modern batters.
Jun 14
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Jun 13
Batting averages, head to head, in Tests:
Smith 59.91, Kohli 44.38
Smith 46.56, Williamson 41.41
Smith 58.00, Root 41.43
Root 63.15, Kohli 45.38
Root 51.18, Williamson 40.23
Kohli 51.73, Williamson 38.56
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Jun 9
Sachin.
For all his greatness, Dravid was not even the same tier of Batter Sachin was.
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Him being so much ahead of his peers was the reason.
He scored 566 runs more than 2nd highest scorer that yr , averaged 65 & striked at 102 over a sample of 30 games.
Won MOTM in 6/7 games vs Aus that yr.
And the most astonishing part , he also picked 24 wkts @ 26 avg !
SRT had the better year but I am yet to see one good reason from SRT fans on why it is better. There are enough reasons.
Unlike a few of them masquerading as SRT fans just to hate on Kohli, I have seen both the years live.
Kohli playing on easy pitches is a nonsensical argument
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Neither
Jun 6
Let’s settle this once and for all. 👀
Who is the greatest captain in cricket history?
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Jun 5
5th or 6th try
Excited to launch ipl-unbeaten.com
Draft an all-time team from random IPL teams, and try to go unbeaten in the league stage.
Inspired by the viral 82-0 app
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Jun 3
Leave everything aside, why the hell is Sachin opening and three new ball bowlers.
Jun 3
🚨 JACQUES KALLIS PICKS HIS ALL-TIME TEST XI 🚨
1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Alastair Cook
3. Joe Root
4. Steve Smith
5. Ricky Ponting (C)
6. Jacques Kallis
7. Rishabh Pant (wk)
8. Shane Warne
9. Dale Steyn
10. Glenn McGrath
11. James Anderson
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Jun 3
There are all these great bowlers. And then Chennai with Shardul and Despande.
Cricket can sometimes be so random
Jun 3
Every IPL champion has had its match-winners 🏆
From batting superstars piling up the runs to bowlers delivering breakthroughs when it mattered most, these players played a crucial role in their team's title-winning campaigns. 🌟
Here's a look at the leading run-scorers and wicket-takers from every IPL-winning team. 👀🏏
#IPL2026 I #MostRuns I #MostWickets
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Jun 3
Viv
Sachin
ABD
Virat
In that order.
Jun 3
Who is the greatest ODI batsman of all time?
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Jun 3
If i remember correctly, this Scyld Berry's list. But i don't care how many tests you have covered, this is shit tier ball knowledge.
Imagine arguing against Bumrah only for historians to rank him above Marshall, Akram and McGrath 😭
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The natural progression of Impact scores is win probability added. Winprob is related to the predicted score and thus the impact.
Here: top 40 batting seasons by WPA
2016 AB VK won RCB 3 extra games
Pic2: 2026 VK won 1 extra game (highest). 2026 RCB had multiple ve WAA batters
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Mar 27
Always annoyed me that you couldn't go anywhere to get basic records for cricket coaches. Here's a start, in the current franchise landscape.
Link 🔽
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Feb 9
Under the Qing dynasty, China experienced a massive expansion in population, growing from 50-150 million persons in the Ming Era to around 400 million by the mid 19th century.
The main reasons for this extraordinary expansion🧵
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Feb 6
I had the same problem watching the Ashes - both teams wearing white. It was only the fact that one team was good that enabled me to tell them apart.
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All time India XI
Sehwag
Gavaskar
Dravid
Sachin
Kohli
Pant
Jadeja
Kapil
Kumble
Srinath
Bumrah
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