Cricket History and Facts

This question provides context that it's versus Australia in 1996. Sachin Tendulkar scored 90 runs in 84 balls in a famous innings against Australia in 1996. The other options are incorrect scores or deliveries for this specific innings.

The question asks about Sachin's score in a specific match, though the match context ('here') is not provided. Among the options, 82 runs in 49 balls is a realistic cricket scoring rate, while '82 in 82 overs' would be impossibly slow and '12 in 12 overs' is unusually slow. The correct answer marked is B, which represents a plausible batting performance.

Denis Amiss was indeed the first batsman to score a century in One Day International cricket. He scored 103 runs against Australia at Old Trafford, Manchester on August 24, 1972. Geoff Boycott, Bob Simpson, and John Small were all accomplished cricketers but not the first to score an ODI century.

Gary Sobers hit 6 sixes in a first-class match in 1968, Herschelle Gibbs did it in an ODI World Cup match in 2007, and Ravi Shastri achieved it in a first-class match in 1984-85. Yuvraj Singh (option B) famously hit 6 sixes in a T20 World Cup match in 2007, but T20 is not included in 'first class & ODIs' - the question explicitly excludes T20 format.

When Kapil Dev became the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket, he broke Richard Hadlee's (New Zealand) record. Hadlee had held the record with 431 wickets before Kapil surpassed him. Options A (Lillee), B (Botham), and C (Malcolm Marshall) were all great fast bowlers but did not hold the record that Kapil broke.

Younis Khan (313 vs India), Len Hutton (364 vs Australia), Hanif Mohammad (337 vs West Indies), and Mark Taylor (334* vs Pakistan) have all scored triple centuries in Test cricket. All four are correct - this is a notable list of players who've crossed the 300-run barrier.

Jan-Berrie Burger (often spelled Burger) and Louis Burger are brothers from Namibia who both played international cricket. Louis Burger captained Namibia, and Jan-Berrie was also a key player. Options A (Johan) and C (Mark) Burger are incorrect distractors.