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Quiz about Indian Premier League  1st Season  2008
Quiz about Indian Premier League  1st Season  2008

Indian Premier League - 1st Season - 2008 Quiz


The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a twenty-twenty cricket league started on the lines of the English football league. A number of top players were slated to play in the first edition of this series in 2008.

A multiple-choice quiz by deepakmr. Estimated time: 2 mins.
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Author
deepakmr
Time
2 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
287,009
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
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2871
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 49 (7/10), Guest 122 (8/10), Guest 157 (4/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who created the Indian Premier League tournament? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Each of the IPL teams have innovative names. What is the name of the team that was captained by Ganguly and coached by Buchanan in 2008? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Which team did Shane Warne represent in the IPL in 2008? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Who was the one player who was not taken by any team in the auction? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The IPL was started by the Indian cricket board in response to the rebel cricket league ICL. Which famous cricketer was associated with the rebel ICL? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Former New Zealand great Martin Crowe was associated with which team in 2008? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Many big Indian businessmen are involved with the IPL. Who among the following is associated with IPL? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which of the following sports channels had the 2008 telecast rights for IPL? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which team did Australian great Adam Gilchrist represent in the IPL's first season, 2008? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Saurav Ganguly was designated as an icon player by IPL.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who created the Indian Premier League tournament?

Answer: BCCI

The Indian Premier League is the brainchild of the BCCI (Board for Control of Cricket in India). The Indian cricket board and its Vice-President Lalit Modi were behind the IP'screation in 2008. IPL had its own establishment with Lalit Modi as its Chairman and Commissioner and Sundar Raman as its CEO. ICC (International Cricket Council) had given its nod for IPL, but was not involved in the tournament. ESPN Star incidentally created the Indian Premier Hockey League (PHL).
2. Each of the IPL teams have innovative names. What is the name of the team that was captained by Ganguly and coached by Buchanan in 2008?

Answer: Knight Riders

The Kolkata team is called as Kolkata Knight Riders. The owner of the league is filmstar Shahrukh Khan. The captain was Saurav Ganguly and the coach for the team wasJohn Buchanan. Among other players contracted by Kolkata were Ricky Ponting, Shoaib Akthar, Ishant Sharma and Chris Gayle.
3. Which team did Shane Warne represent in the IPL in 2008?

Answer: Jaipur

Shane Warne represented the Jaipur team Rajasthan Royals in the IPL. Following his retirement, Warne was lured by IPL and also the rebel ICL. Warne opted to go with IPL and was signed up by the Jaipur franchisee.
4. Who was the one player who was not taken by any team in the auction?

Answer: Mohd. Yousuf

Pakistani Mohammed Yousuf did not receive any bids in the auctions. This was because he was initially associated with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL). He later on decided to switch to the IPL, but the ICL decided to sue him. As a result of the court battle, no league wanted to take the risk of bidding for him.
5. The IPL was started by the Indian cricket board in response to the rebel cricket league ICL. Which famous cricketer was associated with the rebel ICL?

Answer: Kapil Dev

Legendary Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev was associated with the rebel Indian Cricket League. After India's disastrous defeat in the 2007 World Cup, the head of the Zee group Subash Goel, announced the start of the ICL to promote cricket and discover new talent. Kapil Dev was the cricketing head of ICL. For his role in ICL, the Indian board sacked him as head of the National Cricket Academy. Sunny Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi are associated with the official IPL.

The IPL is recognized by the ICC. The other International cricketers associated with the rebel ICL include Tony Greig and Dean Jones.
6. Former New Zealand great Martin Crowe was associated with which team in 2008?

Answer: Bangalore

Martin Crowe was the Cricketing Director of the Bangalore team, Royal Challengers. He was invited to the league by Bangalore captain Rahul Dravid.
7. Many big Indian businessmen are involved with the IPL. Who among the following is associated with IPL?

Answer: Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Group

Mukesh Ambani, head of the Reliance Group owned the Mumbai team (Mumbai Indians), captained by Sachin Tendulkar. Rupert Murdoch was not directly associated with IPL, his son Lachlan was associated with the Emerging Media group, which owned the Jaipur franchise.
8. Which of the following sports channels had the 2008 telecast rights for IPL?

Answer: SET Max

SET Max, a channel of the SONY group won the telecast rights for IPL. Through a bidding process, the IPL awarded the telecast rights to SET Max, which was the highest bidder. SET Max earlier had the rights to ICC events in Asia. SET Max bid for the rights along with World Sports Group(WSG).
Other telecasters worldwide include Network Ten (Australia), Setanta Sports (UK), ART Prime Sports (Middle East), Willow TV(North America) and SuperSport (South Africa).
9. Which team did Australian great Adam Gilchrist represent in the IPL's first season, 2008?

Answer: Hyderabad

Adam Gilchrist was in great demand for the IPL as he had just retired and could play full time for the IPL. He playedfor the Hyderabad team (Deccan Chargers).
10. Saurav Ganguly was designated as an icon player by IPL.

Answer: True

The IPL designated a few players as icon players. The concept was that, these players would receive 15 percent more fee than the highest paid player in their team. Dravid, Ganguly, Tendulkar, Yuvraj and Sehwag were designated as icon players. Laxman voluntarily relinquished the icon tag offered by his Hyderabad team, thereby allowing them to bid more for players like Symonds and Gilchrist.
Source: Author deepakmr

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