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General Knowledge Questions and Answers on History of cricket

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fastest 200 in Test matches is made by

  1. Sanath Jayasurya
  2. Virendra Sehwag
  3. Adam Gilchrist
  4. Nathan Astle
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The record for best bowling performance in an ODI is held by

  1. Glenn McGrath
  2. Chaminda Vaas
  3. Wasim Akram
  4. Muttiah Mularitharan
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Highest team score in 50 overs cricket (ODI) is held by

  1. India
  2. Australia
  3. South Africa
  4. Sri Lanka
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fastest 100 in One Day International (ODI) is scored by

  1. Shahid Afridi
  2. Sanath Jayasurya
  3. Virendra Sehwag
  4. Yuvraj Singh
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Highest team score in 20-20 international cricket is held by

  1. India
  2. Australia
  3. South Africa
  4. Sri Lanka
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Highest team score in Test cricket is held by

  1. India
  2. Australia
  3. South Africa
  4. Sri Lanka
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The first cricketer to be given out by the usage of 3rd umpire was

  1. Jacques Kallis
  2. Sachin Tendulkar
  3. N. S. Sidhu
  4. Jonty Rhodes
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Highest Individual ODI score is held by

  1. Viv Richards
  2. Gary Kirsten
  3. Sachin Tendulkar
  4. Saeed Anwar
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The first cricketer to be given out by the usage of umpire referral system is

  1. Sachin Tendulkar
  2. Rahul Dravid
  3. Virendra Sehwag
  4. Saurav Ganguly
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The record for the highest individual ODI score before Kapil Dev's 175* in 1983 world cup was held by

  1. Viv Richards
  2. Glenn Turner
  3. David Gower
  4. Clive Lloyd
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

How many ODI hundreds did Sunil Gavaskar make?

  1. 32
  2. 34
  3. 03
  4. 01
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who are the only two cricketers to have a double of 10,000 ODI runs and 100 ODI wickets?

  1. Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly
  2. Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasurya
  3. Saurav Ganguly and Sanath Jayasurya
  4. Jacques Kallis and Sanath Jayasurya
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The record for maximum number of runs in World Cups is held by

  1. Sachin Tendulkar
  2. Ricky Ponting
  3. Sanath Jayasurya
  4. Steve Waugh
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which player has the maximum number of half centuries in ODI cricket?

  1. Sachin Tendulkar
  2. Rahul Dravid
  3. Inzamam - Ul - Haq
  4. Ricky Ponting
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Before playing for South Africa, Kepler Wessels played for

  1. Australia
  2. England
  3. New Zealand
  4. West Indies
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Till 2011, the maximum number of World Cup matches are played by

  1. Steve Waugh
  2. Sachin Tendulkar
  3. Javed Miandad
  4. Ricky Ponting
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the captain of India for the 1975 & 1979 World Cups?

  1. S.Venkat Raghavan
  2. Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi
  3. Sunil Gavaskar
  4. Farookh Engineer
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Kevin Pieterson, a player from England Cricket team, belongs to

  1. England
  2. South Africa
  3. Australia
  4. New Zealand
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The record for highest individual ODI score while chasing (batting second) is held by

  1. Adam Gilchrist
  2. M.S.Dhoni
  3. Ricky Ponting
  4. Herschelle Gibbs
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The first test match was played between

  1. Australia and England
  2. Australia and South Africa
  3. England and South Africa
  4. Australia and New Zealand
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The first ODI was held in the year

  1. 1970
  2. 1971
  3. 1972
  4. 1973
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Till 2010, the maximum number of World Cups are played by

  1. Steve Waugh
  2. Sachin Tendulkar
  3. Javed Miandad
  4. Ricky Ponting
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The maximum number of test matches are played by

  1. Sachin Tendulkar
  2. Steve Waugh
  3. Sunil Gavaskar
  4. Javed Miandad
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fastest 300 in Test matches is made by

  1. Sanath Jayasurya
  2. Virendra Sehwag
  3. Adam Gilchrist
  4. Nathan Astle
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Fastest 50 in One Day International (ODI) is scored by

  1. Shahid Afridi
  2. Sanath Jayasurya
  3. Virendra Sehwag
  4. Yuvraj Singh
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