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Rajneesh Gupta

Cricket statistician Rajneesh Gupta offers his insight into the gentleman's game like no one else!. You can e-mail the author at rgcricket@gmail.com

Stories by Rajneesh Gupta

Stats Pack: Kohli is Pakistan's nemesis again

Stats Pack: Kohli is Pakistan's nemesis again

Rediff.com   27 Feb 2016

Rajneesh Gupta has some interesting numbers from the match. Check them out.

Number crunching: McCullum belts fastest ever Test century

Number crunching: McCullum belts fastest ever Test century

Rediff.com   21 Feb 2016

Brendon McCullum - playing his last Test match- produced a sensational display of stroke-play, blasting to the fastest hundred in Test cricket history. McCullum took 54 balls to reach the three-figure mark, two less than the previous record. Viv Richards and Misbah-ul-Haq held the previous record with 56-ball hundreds. In terms of time taken, McCullum's hundred in 78 minutes is the joint fourth fastest in Test cricket. Statistician Rajneesh Gupta glances at the records of the fastest hundreds in Test cricket:

Number crunching: Records galore for Kohli in 1st Twenty20I at Adelaide

Number crunching: Records galore for Kohli in 1st Twenty20I at Adelaide

Rediff.com   26 Jan 2016

Virat Kohli's elegant unbeaten 90 and some wily bowling by their spinners saw India secure a comprehensive 37-run victory over Australia in the first Twenty20 International at the Adelaide Oval on Tuesday. Rajneesh Gupta lists some interesting numbers from the match.

Number crunching: Batsmen dismissed on 99 and more

Number crunching: Batsmen dismissed on 99 and more

Rediff.com   23 Jan 2016

Rajneesh Gupta has interesting numbers from the match. Check them out.

Number crunching: India 277-1... and last 9 wkts gone for 46 runs!

Number crunching: India 277-1... and last 9 wkts gone for 46 runs!

Rediff.com   20 Jan 2016

Rajneesh Gupta has interesting numbers from the fourth ODI between India and Australia in Canberra. Check them out.

Number crunching: Kohli sparkles with ton but India humbled

Number crunching: Kohli sparkles with ton but India humbled

Rediff.com   17 Jan 2016

Statistician Rajneesh Gupta has interesting numbers from the match. Check them out.

Number crunching: Yet another run-riot from Rohit

Number crunching: Yet another run-riot from Rohit

Rediff.com   16 Jan 2016

Statistician Rajneesh Gupta has interesting numbers from the second One-dayer, in Brisbane, on Friday. Check them out.

Number crunching: Rohit's run-riot at Perth

Number crunching: Rohit's run-riot at Perth

Rediff.com   12 Jan 2016

Statistician Rajneesh Gupta has interesting numbers from the first ODI between India and Australia the match. Check them out.

India-Australia ODIs: The record so far

India-Australia ODIs: The record so far

Rediff.com   11 Jan 2016

This is the first time India will play a bilateral series on Australian soil.

Why these players were released by the IPL franchises

Why these players were released by the IPL franchises

Rediff.com   6 Jan 2016

Check out how the players released by the IPL franchises fared in the last edition of the tournament in 2015.

Meet the hardest working cricketers in the world!

Meet the hardest working cricketers in the world!

Rediff.com   6 Jan 2016

Players with the maximum work load in 2015.

India's Aussie team: Guess who has the best ODI, T20 records

India's Aussie team: Guess who has the best ODI, T20 records

Rediff.com   21 Dec 2015

Remember Yuvi's 6 sixes in an over in the first World T20?

Number crunching: South Africa's record-breaking defiance, India's biggest win

Number crunching: South Africa's record-breaking defiance, India's biggest win

Rediff.com   7 Dec 2015

Rajneesh Gupta has some interesting numbers from the final day's play in the fourth Test between India and South Africa at Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi.

Number crunching: About Rahane's sixes and Amla's strike-rate

Number crunching: About Rahane's sixes and Amla's strike-rate

Rediff.com   6 Dec 2015

Rajneesh Gupta has some interesting numbers from the fourth day's play in the final Test between India and South Africa at Ferozshah Kotla in New Delhi.

INTERESTING numbers from Day 3 of the Delhi Test

INTERESTING numbers from Day 3 of the Delhi Test

Rediff.com   6 Dec 2015

Captain Virat Kohli roared back to form with a scintillating unbeaten 83 as India further consolidated their position with whopping overall lead of 403 runs at stumps on Day 3 of the fourth and final Test against South Africa at the Feroz Shah Kotla, in Delhi, on Saturday.

Interesting numbers from Day 2 of the Delhi Test

Interesting numbers from Day 2 of the Delhi Test

Rediff.com   5 Dec 2015

India rode on Ajinkya Rahane's cultured century to post a series-high 334 before returning to skittle out South Africa for 121 to take full control of the fourth and final Test in Delhi, on Friday.

Number crunching: Rahane registers highest score on home soil

Number crunching: Rahane registers highest score on home soil

Rediff.com   3 Dec 2015

Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers to take note of at the end of the first day's play in the fourth Test between India and South Africa.

Number crunching: Ashwin overtakes Broad

Number crunching: Ashwin overtakes Broad

Rediff.com   27 Nov 2015

India beat South Africa by 124 runs in the third Test in Nagpur,inside three days, to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series on Friday. Rajneesh Gupta presents interesting numbers from day three of Nagpur Test.

Stats: Interesting numbers from Day 1 of the 2nd Test played in Bengaluru

Stats: Interesting numbers from Day 1 of the 2nd Test played in Bengaluru

Rediff.com   14 Nov 2015

Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 1.

Stats: INTERESTING numbers from Mohali Test, Day 3

Stats: INTERESTING numbers from Mohali Test, Day 3

Rediff.com   7 Nov 2015

Ravindra Jadeja made a memorable comeback to Test cricket with a five-wicket haul as India scored a resounding 108-run victory against South Africa in a low scoring Test match. Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 3 of the first Test match, in Mohali, on Saturday.