Cricket History and Facts

Chetan Sharma became the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in One Day International cricket on October 31, 1987, against New Zealand in the Reliance World Cup. He achieved this feat by dismissing three consecutive New Zealand batsmen - Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith, and Ewen Chatfield. Chetan Chauhan (option A), Rajesh Chauhan (option B), and Ajay Sharma (option C) were all Indian cricketers but never took an ODI hat-trick.

According to MCC Laws of Cricket, a men's cricket ball must weigh between 155.9 and 163 grams. Option B correctly represents this range.

According to MCC Laws of Cricket, the pitch is 22 yards long and 10 feet wide. Option C matches these official dimensions.

The official height of cricket stumps (wickets) is 71.10 cm (28 inches) as per MCC Laws. This standard applies to adult cricket.

This question references a character from the movie 'Mrigaya' (1976). Amar claims to play football for Mohun Bagan, one of Kolkata's most famous football clubs. East Bengal is their rival, Mohammedan is another major Kolkata club, and Dempo is a Goan club. Mohun Bagan (option C has a typo) is the correct answer.

Bob Houghton coached the Indian football team from 2006 to 2011, during which India won the Nehru Cup and AFC Challenge Cup. Stephen Constantine has also coached India, but Houghton is the correct answer for the timeframe.

The Irani Trophy is played annually between the Ranji Trophy champions and a Rest of India team to honor the late Z.R. Irani, a long-serving Cricket Board of India treasurer. Unlike the Duleep Trophy (zon teams) or Santosh Trophy (football), this is a specific first-class cricket match that kicks off each domestic season, making it a unique fixture in Indian cricket's calendar.

Duleep Mendis of Sri Lanka scored 105 in both innings of the same Test match against India in 1984 at Colombo. This rare feat of scoring identical centuries in a single Test distinguishes him from the other Sri Lankan batsmen listed. Thilanga Sumathipala was more known as a cricket administrator, while Roy Dias and Ranjan Madugalle were accomplished batsmen but didn't achieve this particular record.

Lala Amarnath and Surinder Amarnath are indeed the only father-son pair to both score centuries on their Test debut. Lala scored 109 against England at Bombay in 1933-34, while Surinder scored 124 against New Zealand at Kanpur in 1976-77. The Broad family (Stuart and Chris) both scored centuries but not on debut, George Headley scored centuries but not on debut, and Vijay and Sanjay Manjrekar did not both score debut centuries.

The Grace brothers (EM Grace, Fred Grace, and George Grace) were the first set of three brothers to play in the same Test match for England against Australia in 1873. While other cricketing families like the Amarnaths, Chappells, and Waugh brothers had multiple siblings play, the Grace brothers achieved this historic first. The Amarnath brothers (Mohan, Lala, and Surinder) came much later in the 1950s-60s.

The Headley family (George Headley, his son Ron Headley, and grandson Dean Headley) is unique in having three generations play Test cricket. George played for the West Indies in the 1930s-50s, Ron also played for West Indies in the 1970s, and Dean played for England in the 1990s. The Chappell and Waugh families had multiple generations but not grandfather-father-grandson, and the Amarnaths had father-son but not three generations.