General Awareness

Cricket History and Facts

9,822 Questions

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.

Cricket records and statsHockey India LeagueFootball trophiesArchery championship scoresCommonwealth Games facts

Cricket History and Facts Questions

Multiple choice

The man of the match for the 1983 World Cup final was

  1. Roger Binny

  2. Dilip Vengsarkar

  3. Kapil Dev

  4. Mohinder Amarnath
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Mohinder Amarnath was named Man of the Match in the 1983 World Cup final for his all-round performance, taking 3 wickets and scoring 26 runs.

Multiple choice

Who among the following cricket players has/have held the record for scoring the highest number of runs in an inning in a cricket test match at different times?

  1. Garfield Sobers
  2. Matthew Hayden
  3. Zaheer Abbas Select the correct answer using the code given below

  1. 1 only

  2. 2 and 3 only

  3. 1 and 2 only

  4. 1, 2 and 3
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Garfield Sobers, Matthew Hayden, and Zaheer Abbas have all held the record for the highest individual score in a Test match at different points in cricket history.

Multiple choice

M. S. Dhoni is the first wicket keeper to make two centuries in One-day International cricket in India. He made these centuries while playing against

  1. Sri Lanka and Pakistan

  2. Pakistan and Bangladesh

  3. Bangladesh and New Zealand

  4. Australia and Sri Lanka
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

M. S. Dhoni's first two centuries in One-day International cricket were scored against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This is a well-documented milestone in his career.

Multiple choice

Consider the following statements about one of India's leading batsmen:

  1. He has scored more than 8000 runs in test matches.
  2. He has made four successive centuries.
  3. He has made five test double hundered.
  4. He is credited with most catches by an Indian player. Who is he

  1. Sunil Gavaskar

  2. Sachin Tendulkar

  3. Rahul Dravid

  4. Saurav Ganguly
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Rahul Dravid is known for his immense contributions to Indian cricket, including scoring over 8000 test runs, holding the record for the most catches by an Indian fielder, and scoring multiple double centuries.

Multiple choice

Santosh Trophy Football Tournament, 2008 was won by

  1. West Bengal

  2. Goa

  3. Manipur

  4. Punjab
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Punjab won the Santosh Trophy in 2008 by defeating Services in the final. The Santosh Trophy is the premier state-level football tournament in India.

Multiple choice

Which cricketer is nicknamed " Punter " ?

  1. Andrew Flintoff

  2. Stephen Fleming

  3. Ricky Ponting

  4. Makhaya Ntini
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Ricky Ponting, the former Australian cricket captain, is widely known by the nickname Punter.

Multiple choice

Fastest 200 in Test matches is made by

  1. Sanath Jayasurya

  2. Virendra Sehwag

  3. Adam Gilchrist

  4. Nathan Astle
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Nathan Astle of New Zealand holds the record for the fastest double century in Test cricket, scored off 153 balls against England in 2002.