Futile statistics

Reportedly, Harvard students are going to take IPL as case study. Add one more member to that… ‘Sakal’..the newspaper has dissected the whole event to a such a low level..it cannot sink any lower.

Their parameters-

• Price of the player
• Number of runs scored
• Rs/run

Formula-

Rs/run = (Price of player)/(Number of runs scored)

By this calculation, Chennai SuperKings owners were screwed as Dhoni cost Rs 1.5 lacs/run and Shaun Marsh got a shoddy deal as he got only Rs 1100/ run.

So apparently the franchises bought the players because they are just run making machines. Fielding, bowling, captaincy is for free and T-20 is all about batting.

I think this was a project of some 1st yr Statistics students who wanted to see if they can divide two numbers.

Alex Furguson Sacked!!!!

I know….its a huge news. I was also shocked. You dont believe me…wait I hav a proof.

The portion marked in red says ‘Man Utds manager Ryan Giggs…..’

Terrible isnt it! Nobody knows abt this yet…except 4 readers of ‘SAKAAL’.

I hope they declare the reasons soon!

Marathi newspapers

Today I was reading ‘Sakal’. And I came across a strange term…. Hollywood actress Paris Hilton!!!! What was that?? According to them you become an actor in hollywood just by doing a bunch of films. Do you remember any english paper calling Paris Hilton an actress? She is invariably addressed as spoilt hotel heiress. And thats what is true. She is not an actress. I dont think anybody will disagree with that.

There is an equivalent of ‘Aaj Tak’ in marathi news world…’Pudhari’ (Which means Leader). They find people who claim that their dog has spirit of Raj Kapoor. Some guy from local medical college claims that smoking is cannot be a reason for cancer, and they print it.

According to their reviews about Lord of the rings: The return of the King, ‘This movie has no story. The characters are not introduced properly. Why this guy Frodo wants to distroy the ring is not properly mentioned.Which two sides are at war is not clear. Overall movie is baseless and very confusing.’ Oh great, dont bother to see first two movies, and you are writing about a movie which went on to win 11 Academy awards! Good! Real entertainment!