Sports Quiz - Cricket Focus

Virender Sehwag has scored the most double centuries (2) in Test cricket for India after Sachin Tendulkar, who scored 6. Sehwag scored 219 against Pakistan in Multan (2004) and 201 against Sri Lanka in Galle (2008). None of the other players listed have scored a Test double century.

Pankaj Advani accepted the Ekalavya Award from Karnataka, which is the highest sporting honor conferred by the Karnataka state government. He is a multiple-time world champion in billiards and snooker from Karnataka. The Ekalavya Award recognizes outstanding sporting achievements by athletes from the state.

Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medalist (2008 Beijing Olympics in shooting), became brand ambassador for Walther, a German firearms manufacturer known for precision weapons.

Sandeep Patil took over as Director of Operations at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore after Dave Whatmore left to coach the Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL.

Satellite Information Service Live was selected as the official broadcaster for the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India.

Badminton is widely recognized as one of the most physically demanding sports, requiring exceptional fitness, agility, speed, and accuracy. Professional badminton players can cover distances up to 6 km per match and execute explosive movements at high intensity. The other listed sports, while demanding, don't require the same combination of continuous intense movement and precision.

After the English Civil War, the Puritan government banned cricket and other sports on Sundays as they were seen as distractions from religious observance. Cricket was specifically targeted because it was becoming popular. The ban was part of broader Sabbath observance laws during the Commonwealth period.

Tug of War was contested at the Summer Olympics from 1900 to 1920, appearing in five Games. It was removed after 1920 as the IOC sought to reduce the number of events and focus on individual sports rather than team competitions. The sport involved teams pulling against each other with a rope.

In bowling, three consecutive strikes is called a 'turkey.' The term originated in the late 1800s or early 1900s, possibly from bowling tournaments where the prize was a turkey. A 'hat trick' refers to three achievements in cricket, hockey, or other sports, not bowling.

Don Bradman holds the record for most double centuries in Test cricket with 12 scores of 200 or more. His legendary batting average of 99.94 includes these 12 double centuries, which remains a record in Test cricket history. Tendulkar and Lara scored 6 and 5 respectively.

In the first Cricket World Cup (1975), England faced India in the opening match. Geoffrey Boycott was England's opening batsman and faced the first ball of the tournament, bowled by Madan Lal. Sunil Gavaskar, Mohinder Amarnath, and Clive Lloyd were all prominent players but did not face the first ball.

Dennis Amiss scored the first century in Cricket World Cup history, making 137 runs for England against India in the 1975 World Cup. Sunil Gavaskar scored a famous 36 not out in 60 overs in the same tournament but not a century. Geoffrey Boycott and Ian Botham were England teammates but didn't score the first World Cup century.

Chetan Sharma took the first hat-trick in Cricket World Cup history, dismissing three New Zealand batsmen (Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith, and Ewen Chatfield) in consecutive balls during the 1987 World Cup. Malcolm Marshall, Brett Lee, and Chaminda Vaas all took hat-tricks in international cricket but Chetan Sharma was the first to achieve this feat in World Cup matches.

West Indies won the first ICC Cricket World Cup in 1975, defeating Australia by 17 runs in the final at Lord's. This established their dominance in early limited-overs cricket. Clive Lloyd was the captain, and West Indies went on to win the next World Cup in 1979 as well.

To answer this question, the user needs to know that the third umpire was introduced in cricket to assist the on-field umpires in making decisions related to run-outs, stumpings, and catches. The user should also be familiar with the names of famous cricketers from the past who played during the time when the third umpire was introduced.

Option A: Kapil Dev. This option is not the correct answer. Kapil Dev was a famous Indian cricketer who played during the time of the introduction of the third umpire. However, he was not the victim to be given out for the first time by the third umpire.

Option B: Imran Khan. This option is not the correct answer. Imran Khan was a famous Pakistani cricketer who also played during the time of the introduction of the third umpire. However, he was not the victim to be given out for the first time by the third umpire.

Option C: Clive Lloyd. This option is not the correct answer. Clive Lloyd was a famous West Indian cricketer who also played during the time of the introduction of the third umpire. However, he was not the victim to be given out for the first time by the third umpire.

Option D: Sachin Tendulkar. This option is the correct answer. Sachin Tendulkar was a famous Indian cricketer who was given out by the third umpire for the first time in cricket history during a Test match against South Africa in 1992.

Therefore, the answer is: D. Sachin Tendulkar.

Norman Pritchard won India's first individual Olympic medals - two silver medals in athletics (200m hurdles and 200m) at the 1900 Paris Olympics. P.T. Usha is a legendary Indian athlete but she competed much later and won Olympic medals (none). K.D. Jadhav was India's first individual Olympic medalist after independence (bronze in wrestling, 1952), and Leander Paes won bronze in 1996 tennis.

Lothar Matthäus of Germany played in five consecutive World Cups from 1982 to 1998, sharing the record with Mexico's Antonio Carbajal. Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, and Pelé are legendary footballers but none reached five World Cup appearances. The HTML entities (ä for ä, ü for ü) in the options are character encoding artifacts.