I regularly follow 'Ask Steven' column on Cricinfo. His answers on May 26, 09 has something pretty good I thought.
There was a time in Bollywood industry Amitabh Bachhan would fill all slots on Top-10 list and other heroes would start from 11, in cricket that would be Sachin Tendulkar - Only difference from Mr. Bachan is that Mr. Tendulkar's achievement is backed with hard-evidence not just perception.
Here is the question and answer by Steven:
Qst: I often use the search at the bottom of Cricinfo's pages to look at players. I noticed that the top five searches almost always include Sachin Tendulkar's name. Who are the most-searched players on Cricinfo over the years? asked Rohit Sinha from the United States
Ans: I asked Jonathan Hungin, one of Cricinfo's technical wizards, for the answer, and he told me that the 10 names most frequently entered in the player-search box over the last few years have been: "1. Sachin Tendulkar. 2. Tendulkar. 3. Sachin. 4. Any of the first three spelt incorrectly. 5. Dhoni. 6. Ponting. 7. Dravid. 8. Ganguly. 9. Afridi. 10. Imran Khan." So there you have it: Tendulkar the clear winner!
The one that I enjoyed most was 'any of the first three spelt incorrectly'
PS: Anil Bonala said it would be good if my blog posts have some relevant pictures. So, here I start.
There was a time in Bollywood industry Amitabh Bachhan would fill all slots on Top-10 list and other heroes would start from 11, in cricket that would be Sachin Tendulkar - Only difference from Mr. Bachan is that Mr. Tendulkar's achievement is backed with hard-evidence not just perception.
Here is the question and answer by Steven:
Qst: I often use the search at the bottom of Cricinfo's pages to look at players. I noticed that the top five searches almost always include Sachin Tendulkar's name. Who are the most-searched players on Cricinfo over the years? asked Rohit Sinha from the United States
Ans: I asked Jonathan Hungin, one of Cricinfo's technical wizards, for the answer, and he told me that the 10 names most frequently entered in the player-search box over the last few years have been: "1. Sachin Tendulkar. 2. Tendulkar. 3. Sachin. 4. Any of the first three spelt incorrectly. 5. Dhoni. 6. Ponting. 7. Dravid. 8. Ganguly. 9. Afridi. 10. Imran Khan." So there you have it: Tendulkar the clear winner!
The one that I enjoyed most was 'any of the first three spelt incorrectly'
PS: Anil Bonala said it would be good if my blog posts have some relevant pictures. So, here I start.
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