General Awareness
Cricket History and Facts
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Sports and Cricket History questions test your knowledge of players, major tournaments, and historical sports records. This includes cricket milestones, hockey league facts, and archery scores. Regular practice ensures better scores in the general awareness section of exams.
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Cricket History and Facts Questions
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Anil Kumble
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Kapil Dev
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Raju
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Debasis Mohanty
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Anil Kumble holds the record for most Test wickets for India with 619 wickets, significantly ahead of Kapil Dev (434 wickets). This is a straightforward statistical fact about India's highest wicket-taker in Test cricket history.
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Bishan Singh Bedi
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Anil Kumble
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Harbhajan Singh
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Kapil Dev
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Bishan Singh Bedi has one of the best bowling averages for India in Test cricket at approximately 28.00. The question asks about bowling average specifically, not total wickets or strike rate.
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Bishan Singh Bedi
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Anil Kumble
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Harbhajan Singh
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Narendra Hirwani
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Rahul Dravid
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Sunil Gavaskar
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Mohammed Azharuddin
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Mahendra Amarnath
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Rahul Dravid holds the record for most catches by an Indian fielder in Test matches (210 catches as a pure fielder, not wicketkeeper). Dravid was known as one of the best slip fielders in cricket history.
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Parthiv Patel
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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Ajay Ratra
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Saba Karim
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MS Dhoni holds the record for most dismissals by an Indian wicketkeeper in a single Test match (6 dismissals vs England at Leeds, 2007). He also holds the ODI record of 6 dismissals in an innings.
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Saurav Ganguly
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Sachin Tendulkar
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Ricky Ponting
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Glen McGrath
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Sachin Tendulkar holds the world record for most Man of the Match awards (62 awards in ODIs). This is a well-documented record that stood for many years. The question specifically asks for the World Record holder.
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Gautam Gambhir
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Sachin Tendulkar
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Saurav Ganguly
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Yuvraj Singh
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Sourav Ganguly holds the world record for most consecutive Man of the Match awards (4 consecutive awards in 1998). This is an ODI record. The question asks specifically about consecutive awards.
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Sachin Tendulkar & Saurav Ganguly
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MS Dhoni & Yuvraj Singh
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Sourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid
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Sachin Tendulkar & Rahul Dravid
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Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the world record for highest 2nd wicket partnership in ODIs (331 runs vs New Zealand at Hyderabad in 1999). The question specifically asks about 2nd wicket partnership.
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Sunil Joshi
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Anil Kumble
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Kapil Dev
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Vijay Bharadwaj
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MS Dhoni
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Saba Karim
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Nayan Mongia
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Kiran More
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MS Dhoni holds the record for most dismissals by an Indian wicket-keeper across all international formats combined. While Wriddhiman Saha has more Test dismissals, Dhoni's combined tally in Tests, ODIs, and T20Is makes him the overall leader. The question wording 'has keep d record' is informal but Dhoni is the correct answer.
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Yusuf Pathan
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Virendra Sehwag
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Gautam Gambhir
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Suresh Raina
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Chris Gayel
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M Hussey
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Yuvraj Singh
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Sohail Tanveer
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Yusuf Pathan
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B McCulam
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Dilshan
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Yuvraj Singh
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Yuvraj Singh holds the record for fastest fifty in T20 international cricket - 12 balls against England in the 2007 ICC World T20. He hit 6 sixes in 6 balls to achieve this feat. This is a iconic cricket record that stands in T20Is.