Multiple choice general knowledge sports

Tatenda Taibu of Zimbabwe became the youngest cricket captain to lead his country against Srilanka at Harare. Whose longstanding record did he break?

  1. Mohmmed Ashraful

  2. Sachin Tendulkar

  3. MAK Pataudi

  4. Shahid Afridi
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Explanation

Tatenda Taibu became the youngest Test captain at age 20 years and 357 days when he led Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka in 2004, breaking the long-standing record of MAK Mansur Ali Pataudi (21 years, 77 days) who had captained India in 1961. Mohammed Ashraful, Sachin Tendulkar, and Shahid Afridi were not the previous record holders.

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