Cricket History and Facts

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.

Mohammed Azharuddin achieved this unique record by scoring centuries in his first three Test matches against England in 1984-85. He made 110, 105, and 146 in consecutive Tests at Kolkata, Delhi, and Kanpur. This remains a distinctive debut record in Test cricket history, unmatched by legends like Tendulkar, Dravid, or Dhoni.

Sunil Gavaskar was the first cricketer in Test history to surpass 10,000 runs. He achieved this milestone in 1987 and finished his career with 10,122 runs. While Sachin Tendulkar later exceeded this record (ending with 15,921 runs), Gavaskar was the pioneer who first crossed the 10,000-run barrier in Test cricket.

Wisden is the definitive cricket almanack published annually in England since 1864. It is considered the authoritative reference for cricket statistics and records. The other options refer to art (Picasso) and British parliamentary proceedings (Hansard).

India hosted 29 matches during the 2011 ICC World Cup. The tournament was co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh, with India staging the most matches including the final at Mumbai.

Yuvraj Singh hit 16 sixes in the 2009 ICC T20 World Cup, the most by any player. He was instrumental in India's campaign and was known for his six-hitting ability.

'A group' is a collective noun that takes a singular verb. In the present continuous tense, the singular form of 'to be' is 'is', so 'A group of boys is playing cricket' is grammatically correct. Collective nouns like 'group', 'team', 'family' take singular verbs when the group is acting as a single unit.

Let the number of matches lost be X. Number of matches won = X + 4 So, 4 * (X + 4) - 2 * X = 32 X = 8 So, total number of matches = X + 4 + X = 8 + 4 + 8 = 20

In the inaugural IPL auction held in Mumbai on February 20, 2008, Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist was purchased by the Hyderabad franchise (Deccan Chargers) for $700,000. He became their captain and icon player for the first season.

This question refers to a specific historical cricket tour. The use of 'recently' and the inclusion of players like Anil Kumble (who retired in 2008) dates this question. While Virat Kohli did serve as vice-captain in various formats, the temporal framing makes this context-specific.