Indian Cricket Quiz

During the 2002 India vs West Indies Test match in St. Lucia, West Indies fast bowler Mervyn Dillon delivered a bouncer that hit Anil Kumble's jaw, causing a fracture. Kumble famously continued to bowl with a bandaged jaw in that innings and even took the wicket of Brian Lara. Symonds was Australian, while Wasim Akram and Imran Khan were Pakistani bowlers.

In the 1999 World Cup match against Sri Lanka at Taunton, Rahul Dravid (145 runs) and Sourav Ganguly (183 runs) formed a legendary 318-run partnership for the second wicket. This remains one of the most famous ODI partnerships in cricket history. Sachin was not involved in this particular partnership.

(His debut at Kenya)

Sachin Tendulkar opened the batting for India in ODIs for the first time against New Zealand in 1994 at Auckland. He scored 49 runs off 82 balls in that innings. This was a significant moment in his ODI career as he transitioned from middle-order batting to opening, where he would achieve tremendous success.

Anil Kumble is widely regarded as India's greatest spinner, holding the record for India's highest Test wicket-taker (619 wickets) and being one of the rare bowlers to take all 10 wickets in a Test innings. Muralitharan was Sri Lankan, while Shane Warne was Australian, and Zaheer Khan is an Indian fast bowler, not a spinner.

Shardashram School (also spelled Sharadashram) in Mumbai is famous as the alma mater of cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli. Both attended this school and were part of the famous cricket pairing that set a record partnership in school cricket. The school has produced several notable cricketers.

(Others are best openers)

Sunil Gavaskar scored the highest Test individual score at The Oval - 221 runs in 1979 against England. This remains the highest individual Test score at this venue. Tendulkar scored 164 at The Oval, Azharuddin scored 121, and Ganguly scored 130, but none matched Gavaskar's record.

Thiru Kumaran was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who played a few Tests for India in the late 1990s. He was definitely not a spinner, wicket-keeper, or umpire.

Thiru Kumaran was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who played a few Tests for India in the late 1990s. He was definitely not a spinner, wicket-keeper, or umpire.

(All the others are former Indian players).

(Others can bowl too along with batting)

(Gavaskar scored 4 runs in his final world cup match)

Rahul Dravid was the leading run-scorer in the 1999 World Cup with 461 runs at an average of 65.85. He scored two centuries and performed consistently throughout the tournament.

He achieved this with the partnership of Dravid.

(Gilchrist is Australia's wicket keeper batsman and others are Indian wicketkeeper Batsmen)

This is a historical fact regarding the 1996 Cricket World Cup semi-final between India and Sri Lanka.

Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid put together a massive 331-run partnership against New Zealand in 1999, bettering the previous record of 318 between Dravid and Ganguly. This was the highest ODI partnership at that time.

Ravi Shastri won the 'Champions of Champions' award in the World Championship of Cricket (WCC) tournament held in Australia in 1985. This was a prestigious individual award given to the Player of the Tournament.

In the 2004 tsunami relief match, Indian and Pakistani players did play together in the 'Asia XI' team against 'Rest of the World'. However, the question phrasing 'played as one team' could be misinterpreted - they were part of a combined Asian XI, not a standalone India-Pakistan team.