By BIPIN DANI
Runs scored by the batsmen and wickets taken by bowlers in the Super Overs are not included in players' individual records. This was revealed by India's renowned cricket statistician Mohandas Menon.
Explaining the logic behind this, he exclusively said, "No, they are not added in the player's career records. Because Super overs are meant just for the sake of finding out which side has to be declared a a winner in a tied game".
"This happens in football too... goals scored during penalty shoot-outs are not added in players career tally", he further added.
ICC reply
"When ICC first created the super over, it was inserted in the regulations that no team or individual performances will count towards any official records. We took as our lead penalty shootouts in football matches which don’t count towards career goal tallies. So no-one can score a pair in a List A match! That doesn’t stop anyone collating such stats. It’s just that they won’t appear in any List A records", ICC’s statistician has said this to the MCC on a special request by this Reporter.
It was the fifth defeat via a Super over for New Zealand in seven attempts in T20Is!
Lucky or unlucky
Having lost yet another match by a Super Over, New Zealand skipper may seem to be unlucky but he is not, according to India's sports astrologer Greenstone Lobo.
Speaking exclusveily, he says, "he (Kane Williamson) has it in him to overcome all of this and do something magical by finally overcoming these hiccups".
"He may win an important multi-team tournament and prove that he is indeed luck. His best is yet to come", he further added.
