Cricket and World Cup 2010 Trivia

The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa featured 32 teams, which had been the standard format since 1998. Options A (36), B (28), and D (24) are incorrect - 36 teams were used from 1986-1994, 24 teams in earlier tournaments, and 28 has never been a World Cup format.

This question references a specific player's 2003-2004 Australia tour test runs without naming the player (the 'he'). Rahul Dravid scored 619 runs in the 2003-04 Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia, including the famous Adelaide double century. Options B (654), C (637), and D (608) are incorrect totals.

204 national teams participated in the qualification rounds for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This was a record at the time. Options A (188), B (236), and D (212) are incorrect - 236 is too high, while 188 and 212 don't match the official participation numbers.

South Africa won the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup by defeating Morocco and Egypt in the FIFA executive committee voting held in 2004. The final vote was 14-10 in favor of South Africa over Morocco.

Rahul Dravid was dropped from the Indian ODI squad in 2007 after a period of poor form, and he retired from ODIs shortly after in September 2007. This was during the transition period of Indian cricket.

Rahul Dravid's highest ODI score is 153, which he scored against New Zealand. This was during the 1999-2000 series (specifically the match at Hyderabad in 1999). The other options are incorrect as he never scored 153 in those series against those opponents.

Graeme Pollock has the second-highest batting average in Test cricket history among these options. His average of 60.97 ranks among the all-time greats, though Sir Donald Bradman holds the record. The question has a typo ('cicket' instead of 'cricket') and the phrasing 'second best average' is technically imprecise - it should say 'second-highest average'.