What is one absurd IPL fact?

 In the Initial seasons of IPL (. i.e from Season 1 to Season 3) there was nothing called as playoffs like we have it today. Instead we had our traditional knockout semi finals. It was only in 2011 that the IPL GC and BCCI brought a change into the format by introducing Playoffs.

So the first five years of the playoffs saw a great coincidence.

Teams that finished 2nd on the points table and played the 1st Qualifier went on to win the tournament… Have a look at this…

IPL 2011: 1st Qualifier: CSK v RCB, Winner: CSK Champions: CSK

IPL 2012: 1st Qualifier: DD v KKR, Winner: KKR Champions: KKR

IPL 2013: 1st Qualifier: CSK v MI, Winner: CSK Champions: MI

IPL 2014: 1st Qualifier: KXIP v KKR, Winner: KKR, Champions: KKR

IPL 2015: 1st Qualifier: CSK v MI, Winner: CSK Champions: MI

However this wonderful sequence was broken by Sunrisers Hyderabad in 2016 when they defeated RCB in the finale after coming from consecutive wins from the Eliminator and 2nd Qualifier.

The Wicketkeeper with the most number of dismissals in the IPL is not this man…

But it's this man…

Yes, Dinesh Karthik has the most number of dismissals as a Wicketkeeper in the cash rich league with a total of 109 dismissals to his name.

IPL Season 10 witnessed 2 hat tricks in just a single day!

Samuel Badree of RCB v MI

Andrew Tye of Gujarat Lions v RPS

Lastly, Aaron Finch is the player to represent the most number of franchise in the IPL.

He's represented DD, GL, RR, MI, SRH, PWI and now he's in KXIP

Thank you!

Image courtesy: Google.

What are some tremendously absurd facts in place in North Korea?

 

• Elections : There are elections in the country every five years, there is no candidate in the elections except Kim Jong-un.

• Owning Cars: In North Korea, only the rich, powerful, and government officials are allowed to own cars, including luxury cars.

• If you commit a crime, the rest of the family goes straight to prison : In North Korea, committing a crime would lead to your innocent family going to jail too.

• There is an abandoned propaganda village near the border with South Korea to attract South Koreans who wish to defect to North Korea. The village is fake, uninhabited and in its center stands a very high tower from which North Korean patriotic music is played daily.

• You will find almost all streets empty in North Korea : In North Korea, almost all passable streets are empty or with very few cars and pedestrians.

• Don't talk to the locals if you are a tourist: if you are a tourist, in fact, you are not allowed to talk to the citizens of this secluded country.

• Western products are not allowed into North Korea as well as products from South Korea: Due to sanctions from the international community, products from the outside world, including K-pop music and products from South Korea, are not allowed into North Korea. Despite the North Korean government's ban on these products, people smuggle them and they are sold on the black market.

• People cannot wear jeans in North Korea : Jeans are not allowed in North Korea because the government deems them to be Western-made clothing.