Alright so yesterday I was scratching my head about how teams actually end up with their final scores at that massive Narendra Modi Stadium. You know, the one in Ahmedabad where everyone says the pitch is a batter’s paradise? I kept hearing about these crazy high totals but had no clue how folks actually calculate the average or even just the total runs. So I grabbed my laptop and went digging.
The Frustrating Google Rabbit Hole
First thing, right? I just typed “narendra modi stadium average score” into Google expecting a simple answer. But oh boy, what a mess. Cricket websites kept throwing stats like “average first innings score: 187” or whatever, but none of them explained how to actually work it out yourself during a live match. It’s like they expect you to just magically know.
Then I found these forum posts where people were arguing about “run rates” and “economy rates” like it was rocket science. One dude even wrote a whole essay about Duckworth-Lewis method, and I’m sitting here thinking “I just want to add some numbers up!” Felt like trying to build furniture with a spoon.
My Big Blunder Trying To Do It Live
During this India vs. Australia rerun, I decided to test it myself. Pulled up the scorecard and tried adding every single run in my head inning by inning. Got through the first 10 overs okay. But then the boundaries just kept coming, and I lost count around the 15th over when Maxwell started smashing everything.
Totally screwed up the math:
- Forgot to count wides as runs
- Missed a boundary because my dog barked
- Messed up the carry-over adding tens and units
Ended up with something like 30 runs less than the actual total. What a joke. That’s when it hit me – there’s gotta be a dumber, simpler way even for people like me with goldfish memory.
How It Actually Works (No PhD Needed)
After spilling chai on my keyboard from frustration, I finally figured it out:
- Forget overs, just watch the scoreboard
- Look at the first number in BIG font – that’s the runs
- See the smaller number next to it? That’s wickets fallen
- Next to THAT tiny number is the balls bowled
The magic happens here: The runs number is literally the damn total. That’s it! You don’t need to add anything. Just look at whatever number flashes after each ball near the team name.
For Narendra Modi’s average? Just take finished matches, note each first innings total, add all those numbers up, and divide by how many matches you counted. Like adding up restaurant bills and splitting it evenly.
Why I Felt Like An Idiot After
Turns out it was staring me in the face the whole time. Didn’t need no complex formulas or statistical nonsense. Just basic adding. Cricket commentary makes it sound so complicated with all their jargon but counting runs? Literally just reading numbers off a screen. Could’ve done it in kindergarten.
Anyway next time someone brags about stadium averages at Ahmedabad, I’m just grabbing a calculator and shouting “SHOW ME THE SCORECARDS!“
