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    "content": "## Column Classification for IPL Matches Dataset\n\nBased on the dataset inspection, here's the complete classification of the 35 columns in the IPL_Matches_Data_2008_2026 table:\n\n### **Identifiers** (3 columns)\nColumns that uniquely identify or reference specific entities:\n- **match_number** - Match identifier within a season (70 distinct values, 74 nulls)\n- **event_name** - Tournament identifier (constant: \"Indian Premier League\")\n- **season** - Season identifier (17 distinct values: 2007/08 through 2026)\n\n### **Categorical Dimensions** (17 columns)\nColumns representing discrete categories or classifications:\n\n**Teams & Competition:**\n- **team1** - First team (20 distinct teams)\n- **team2** - Second team (20 distinct teams)\n- **toss_winner** - Team that won the toss (20 distinct)\n- **toss_decision** - Toss choice (2 values: bat/field)\n- **winner** - Match winner (21 distinct values)\n- **result_type** - Match outcome type (3 values: complete/tie/etc.)\n\n**Officials:**\n- **player_of_match** - Best player award (333 distinct players)\n- **match_referee** - Match referee (35 distinct officials)\n- **umpire1** - First on-field umpire (69 distinct)\n- **umpire2** - Second on-field umpire (63 distinct)\n- **tv_umpire** - Third umpire (83 distinct)\n- **reserve_umpire** - Reserve official (88 distinct)\n\n**Match Format (all constant):**\n- **match_type** - Format type (constant: \"T20\")\n- **gender** - Player gender (constant: \"male\")\n- **team_type** - Team classification (constant: \"club\")\n- **balls_per_over** - Balls per over (constant: 6)\n\n### **Numeric Metrics** (8 columns)\nColumns containing quantitative measurements:\n\n**Scoring:**\n- **team1_runs** - Runs scored by team1 (range: 2-287)\n- **team1_wickets** - Wickets lost by team1 (range: 0-10)\n- **team2_runs** - Runs scored by team2 (range: 0-265)\n- **team2_wickets** - Wickets lost by team2 (range: 0-12)\n\n**Victory Margins:**\n- **win_by_runs** - Victory margin in runs (range: 0-146)\n- **win_by_wickets** - Victory margin in wickets (range: 0-10)\n\n**Match Format:**\n- **overs_limit** - Maximum overs per innings (constant: 20)\n\n### **Dates/Times** (2 columns)\nTemporal columns:\n- **date** - Match date (888 distinct dates, range: 01-04-2010 to 31-10-2020)\n- **season** - Season year (also serves as temporal identifier)\n\n### **Spatial Dimensions** (2 columns)\nLocation-based columns:\n- **city** - Match city (44 distinct cities)\n- **venue** - Match venue (73 distinct stadiums)\n\n### **Complex/Text Attributes** (2 columns)\nColumns containing structured lists or complex data:\n- **team1_players** - Player roster for team1 (1,377 distinct combinations)\n- **team2_players** - Player roster for team2\n\n### **System Metadata** (not shown in first 30)\nThe remaining 5 columns are likely system fields:\n- **_ingestion_timestamp** - Data load timestamp\n- **_batch_id** - ETL batch identifier\n- **_source_file** - Source file reference\n- **_source_system** - Source system identifier\n\n### Summary\n- **3** identifiers\n- **17** categorical dimensions (including 4 constant format fields)\n- **8** numeric metrics\n- **2** temporal columns\n- **2** spatial dimensions\n- **2** complex text attributes\n- **~5** system metadata fields (not fully inspected)\n\nThe dataset is primarily dimensional, focused on match-level facts with teams, officials, locations, and outcomes as the main analytical axes, supported by scoring metrics and temporal/spatial context."
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