Cricket History and Facts

Ajit Wadekar

Gautam Ganbhir was appointed as the captain of India's ODI team for West Indies tour.

The Indian Cricket League (ICL) was a private cricket league launched in 2007 by the Essel Group, headed by Subhash Chandra (Zee Entertainment). It was an unauthorized Twenty20 league that ran parallel to the BBL but eventually folded. The Essel Group diversified into sports entertainment through this venture.

The final of IPL-3 was played in Mumbai in June 2010.

Sachin Tendulkar is the correct answer.

Virender Sehwag won the ICC Test Batting Performance of the Year award. The question appears to have a typo ('circinfo' instead of 'ICC'). This award recognizes exceptional batting performances in Test cricket.

In 2005, the ICC Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (Player of the Year) was jointly awarded to Andrew Flintoff and Jacques Kallis - a unique tie in the award's history. This was during the period of ICC's annual cricket awards.

BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) is the governing body for cricket in India and organizes the IPL (Indian Premier League), which is a professional Twenty20 cricket league. ICL (Indian Cricket League) was a private league that operated briefly, and BPL refers to the Bangladesh Premier League.

Kumar Sangakkara was the captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team during the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. He led the team to the finals where they lost to India. Muralitharan was a legendary bowler, Jayasuriya was a former captain, and Jayawardene was a senior batsman but not the captain in 2011.

In 2011, M.S. Dhoni was the captain of the Indian test cricket team. He led India to significant victories including the 2011 Cricket World Cup and the number one test ranking.

 Brian Lara scored 400 runs.

In ICC cricket rules, one over consists of 6 legal deliveries. This standard has been consistent in limited-overs and Test cricket formats.

Each team plays with other 17 teams So, total team 18. Total number of matches = 18 * 17/2 = 153

Mohammad Ashraful from Bangladesh scored a Test century at 17 years and 61 days against Sri Lanka in 2001, making him the youngest century-scorer in Test cricket history at that time.