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Quiz about Indian Cricketers
Quiz about Indian Cricketers

10 Question Sports Quiz: Indian Cricketers | Cricket


Ten questions to test your knowledge of Indian cricketers, who have played first class and International cricket.

A multiple-choice quiz by deepakmr. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
deepakmr
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
278,993
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
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Top 10% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. In the first 20-20 world cup in 2007, Yuvraj Singh blasted six sixes in an over. He was the second Indian to achieve this feat in first class cricket. Who was the first? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which Indian spin bowler was known for bowling maiden overs? He is in the record books for bowling 21 successive maiden overs in a test match. Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The hit Indian film "Lagaan" (2001) featured a bowler with a physical deformity. Indian cricket had a famous bowler with a physical deformity, who was he? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. A popular Indian all-rounder, married to the daughter of a politician, acted as a hero in a bollywood film and was sullied in the match-fixing controversy. Identify this cricketer. Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The great Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar, scored tons of runs in test cricket. However in one day cricket, he has scored only one century. Against which team did he score his only one day hundred? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. India won the 1983 cricket world cup by beating the West Indies in the final. Two years later in 1985, Indian also won the world championship series in Australia. Who was the player of the tournament who played a major role in India's win? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. He is one of the great Indian bowlers, has captained the Indian team, has once bowled in a test despite a broken jaw and has a traffic junction in his hometown named after him. Who is he? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. A dashing cricketer of the 1980s, he authored a book, acted in a film, edited a magazine and is known for his world record of hitting six fours in an over. Who is this Indian cricketer? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Who was the first Indian to be featured as Cricketer of the Year in "Wisden" ? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. The highest opening partnership (413 runs) in Test cricket, was set many years ago by India. Who were the two openers who achieved this record? Hint



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1. In the first 20-20 world cup in 2007, Yuvraj Singh blasted six sixes in an over. He was the second Indian to achieve this feat in first class cricket. Who was the first?

Answer: Ravi Shastri

Ravi Shastri achieved the incredible feat of hitting six sixes in an over in a Ranji trophy match. The hapless bowler was Tilak Raj. The match was Bombay vs Baroda at Bombay, 1984-85 season. Shastri remained not out on 200 and hit 13 sixes in the innings.

Yuvraj Singh became the 4th cricketer to achieve this incredible feat - the first three were Sir Gary Sobers (Nottinghamshire v Glamorgan in 1968), Ravi Shastri (Bombay v Baroda in 1984) and Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa v The Netherlands 2007).
2. Which Indian spin bowler was known for bowling maiden overs? He is in the record books for bowling 21 successive maiden overs in a test match.

Answer: RG Nadkarni

RG Nadkarni, popularly known as 'Bapu' Nadkarni, had a bowling analysis of 29-26-3-0 on day 3 of the first test between India and England at Madras in January 1964 and bowled 21 maidens in a row. Nadkarni's final figures were an amazing 32-27-5-0. There are a few websites which claim that he actually bowled 23 successive maidens, however the records state that Nadkarni bowled 131 consecutive dot balls, that is 21 maiden overs in succession.
3. The hit Indian film "Lagaan" (2001) featured a bowler with a physical deformity. Indian cricket had a famous bowler with a physical deformity, who was he?

Answer: Bhagwat Chandrashekar

BS Chandrashekar, known as "Chandra", was a famous leg spinner, part of the famous spin quartet on India in the 1970s. Chandrashekar was afflicted with polio which affected his right hand. Chandra was a leg spinner and opposition batsmen had lot of trouble reading his bowling because of the deformity in his hand.
4. A popular Indian all-rounder, married to the daughter of a politician, acted as a hero in a bollywood film and was sullied in the match-fixing controversy. Identify this cricketer.

Answer: Ajay Jadeja

While all the cricketers mentioned were sullied in one way or the other in the match-fixing scandal, Jadeja is the one who married the daughter of a politician. He was a popular all-rounder, married to the daughter of Jaya Jaitley, former President of the Samata Party, acted with sultry siren Celina Jaitley in a bollywood (Hindi) film and was banned by the Indian Cricket Board as a result of the match-fixing scandal.
5. The great Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar, scored tons of runs in test cricket. However in one day cricket, he has scored only one century. Against which team did he score his only one day hundred?

Answer: New Zealand

Sunil Gavaskar scored his only one day hundred against New Zealand (103 not out) at Nagpur. This hundred was in the last league match of the Reliance World Cup in 1987.
6. India won the 1983 cricket world cup by beating the West Indies in the final. Two years later in 1985, Indian also won the world championship series in Australia. Who was the player of the tournament who played a major role in India's win?

Answer: Ravi Shastri

India beat Pakistan in the 1984-85 Benson-Hedges World Championship final. Ravi Shastri was the man of the tournament, winning an Audi car and the title 'Champion of Champions'.
7. He is one of the great Indian bowlers, has captained the Indian team, has once bowled in a test despite a broken jaw and has a traffic junction in his hometown named after him. Who is he?

Answer: Anil Kumble

Anil Kumble, India's captain, is one of the great Indian leg spinners (number three on the list of top wicket takers, behind Warne and Murali). In 1999 he became the second bowler to take 10 wickets in a test match (v Pakistan in New Delhi). The first to take 10 wickets was the English bowler Jim Lake in 1956 v Australia at Old Trafford).

He once bowled in the West Indies in a test match (May 2002), even after his jaw was broken by a bouncer. A traffic junction on MG Road in Bangalore (Kumble's hometown) is named as 'Anil Kumble Circle' to commemorate his achievement of getting all ten wickets in an innings.
8. A dashing cricketer of the 1980s, he authored a book, acted in a film, edited a magazine and is known for his world record of hitting six fours in an over. Who is this Indian cricketer?

Answer: Sandeep Patil

Sandeep Patil hit all six balls bowled by Bob Willis in an over for boundaries. He achieved this feat in the India v England, Manchester test in 1982. Sandeep Patil acted in a Hindi film, authored the book "Sandy Storms" and edited a Marathi magazine "Ekach Shatkar".
9. Who was the first Indian to be featured as Cricketer of the Year in "Wisden" ?

Answer: None of these

The first Indian to be featured in Wisden magazine was KS Ranjitsinghji, popularly known as 'Ranji'. He was featured in the 1897 issue of the Internationally renowned "Wisden" magazine.
10. The highest opening partnership (413 runs) in Test cricket, was set many years ago by India. Who were the two openers who achieved this record?

Answer: V Mankad & P Roy

V Mankad & P Roy were the Indian openers in the India v New Zealand test played in Madras in 1955-56 and they set a world record opening partnership of 413.
NOTE : This record has hence been broken by The South African opening pair of Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie who had an opening stand of 415 in the second test against Bangladesh in March 2008.
Source: Author deepakmr

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