INDIAN CRICKET: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
1. Who is known as “The Wall” of Indian cricket?
A) Sachin Tendulkar
B) VVS Laxman
C) Rahul Dravid
D) Sourav Ganguly
C) Rahul Dravid
1. Who is the only cricketer to have captained two different countries in international cricket?
A) Kevin Pietersen
B) Eoin Morgan
C) Kepler Wessels
D) Brendon McCullum
C) Kepler Wessels
1. Which IPL team has changed its name the most times?
A) Delhi Capitals
B) Deccan Chargers
C) Punjab Kings
D) Rising Pune Supergiant
C) Punjab Kings
1. Who hit the winning six in the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup final?
A) Yuvraj Singh
B) Virat Kohli
C) MS Dhoni
D) Gautam Gambhir
C) MS Dhoni
1. Which two countries played the first-ever Test match in 1877?
A) England and India
B) Australia and South Africa
C) England and Australia
D) India and Pakistan
C) England and Australia
2. Who was India’s first captain in a T20 International match?
A) MS Dhoni
B) Rahul Dravid
C) Virender Sehwag
D) Anil Kumble
C) Virender Sehwag
2. Who was the first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in Test matches?
A) Allan Border
B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Sunil Gavaskar
D) Brian Lara
C) Sunil Gavaskar
2. Why was the 2009 IPL season held outside India?
A) Security issues
B) General elections
C) COVID-19 pandemic
D) Stadium renovations
B) General elections
2. “I have failed at times, but I always believed in myself.” Who said this after overcoming cancer?
A) MS Dhoni
B) Virat Kohli
C) Yuvraj Singh
D) Gautam Gambhir
C) Yuvraj Singh
2. Who was the first player ever given out using third umpire technology?
A) Rahul Dravid
B) Mark Waugh
C) Brian Lara
D) Sachin Tendulkar
D) Sachin Tendulkar
3. Who was the first Indian to win the ICC Player of the Year award?
A) MS Dhoni
B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) Virat Kohli
D) Rahul Dravid
D) Rahul Dravid
3. Who scored the most runs in the 2019 Cricket World Cup?
A) Joe Root
B) Rohit Sharma
C) David Warner
D) Kane Williamson
B) Rohit Sharma
3. Who bowled the final over in India’s historic win at the 2007 T20 World Cup?
A) Harbhajan Singh
B) RP Singh
C) Joginder Sharma
D) Irfan Pathan
C) Joginder Sharma
3. Which Indian cricketer famously said, “I am what I am. You like it, you don't — I don't care”?
A) MS Dhoni
B) Virat Kohli
C) Yuvraj Singh
D) Hardik Pandya
B) Virat Kohli
3. Who bowled the infamous underarm delivery in 1981?
A) Steve Waugh
B) Dennis Lillee
C) Trevor Chappell
D) Jeff Thomson
C) Trevor Chappell
4. Which Indian batter smashed a triple century in Test cricket – not once, but twice?
A) Rahul Dravid
B) Virender Sehwag
C) VVS Laxman
D) Sunil Gavaskar
B) Virender Sehwag
4. Who holds the record for most wickets in a single World Cup tournament?
A) Glenn McGrath
B) Muttiah Muralitharan
C) Mitchell Starc
D) Zaheer Khan
C) Mitchell Starc
4. Who was the first player to be sold in the inaugural IPL auction in 2008?
A) MS Dhoni
B) Shane Warne
C) Rahul Dravid
D) Sachin Tendulkar
B) Shane Warne
4. “And it’s gone all the way, for six!” – Who delivered this iconic commentary?
A) Ravi Shastri
B) Harsha Bhogle
C) Tony Greig
D) Ian Chappell
A) Ravi Shastri
4. Who has taken a hat-trick in a World Cup final?
A) Lasith Malinga
B) Chaminda Vaas
C) Trent Boult
D) No one
D) No one
5. Who was the Indian coach during the 2003 World Cup campaign?
A) Greg Chappell
B) John Wright
C) Gary Kirsten
D) Duncan Fletcher
B) John Wright
5. Who has the highest individual score in an ODI match?
A) Martin Guptill
B) Rohit Sharma
C) Chris Gayle
D) Fakhar Zaman
B) Rohit Sharma
5. Who holds the record for the fastest 50 in IPL history?
A) KL Rahul
B) Pat Cummins
C) Yusuf Pathan
D) Yashasvi Jaiswal
D) Yashasvi Jaiswal
5. Who was the Man of the Match in the 1983 Cricket World Cup final?
A) Kapil Dev
B) Mohinder Amarnath
C) Madan Lal
D) Roger Binny
B) Mohinder Amarnath
5. Who was the first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in One Day Internationals?
A) Allan Border
B) Brian Lara
C) Sunil Gavaskar
D) Sachin Tendulkar
D) Sachin Tendulkar