General Awareness
Cricket History and Facts
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Cricket History and Facts Questions
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Uttar Pradesh
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Maharshtra
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Delhi
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Punjab
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None of these
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Delhi won the Ranji Trophy in the 2007-2008 season by defeating Uttar Pradesh in the final match.
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies)
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Rahul Dravid
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Sachin Tendulkar
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Sourav Ganguly
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul was awarded the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year in 2008.
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864 runs
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918 runs
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952 runs
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794 runs
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The highest team score in a Test match innings is 952/6 declared, scored by Sri Lanka against India in 1997.
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400* Brian Lara
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375 Brian Lara
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380 Matthew Hayden
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402 Matthew Hayden
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Brian Lara holds the record for the highest individual score in a Test innings, scoring 400 not out against England in 2004.
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Dilip Vengsarkar
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Saurav Ganguly
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Rahul Dravid
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Syed Kirmani
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Syed Kirmani played 88 Test matches for India. The others listed (Vengsarkar, Ganguly, Dravid) all played over 100 Test matches.
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David Boon and Geoff Marsh
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Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden
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Graham Gooch and Ian Botham
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Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly.
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Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly hold the record for the most runs by an opening pair in ODI history, with over 8,000 runs in partnership.
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Glenn McGrath, 54*
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Curtley Ambrose, 63
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Zaheer Khan, 75*
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Saqlain Mushtaq, 68*
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Malcolm Marshall
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Dennis Lillee
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Richard Hadlee
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Michael Holding
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Kapil Dev broke the world record for the most wickets in Test cricket in 1994, surpassing the previous record held by Sir Richard Hadlee.
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Anil Kumble
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Jim Laker
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Dennis Lillee
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Michael Holding
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Jim Laker holds the record for the best bowling figures in a Test match, taking 19 wickets for 90 runs against Australia in 1956.
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Sanjay Manjrekar
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Vinod Kambli
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Sachin Tendulkar
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Ajit Agarkar
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Ajit Agarkar was nicknamed 'Bombay Duck' after he recorded five consecutive ducks in a Test series against Australia in 1999-2000.
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Mutthiah Muralitharan
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Shane Warne
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Wasim Akram
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Brett Lee
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Mutthiah Muralitharan holds the record for the most wickets in ODI cricket history, with 534 wickets.
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Brett Lee
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Ajit Agarkar
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Saqlain Mushtaq
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Mushtaq Ahmed
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Ajit Agarkar reached 50 ODI wickets in just 23 matches, which was the record for the fastest to 50 wickets for many years.
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Yuvraj Singh 12 balls
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Brendon McCullam 13 balls
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Shahid Afridi 18 balls
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Sanath Jayasurya 17 balls
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Explanation
Sir Donald Bradman finished his Test career with an iconic batting average of 99.94.
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5996 runs
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6996 runs
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6926 runs
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6933 runs
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Sir Donald Bradman scored 6996 runs in his Test career across 52 matches.