General Awareness

Cricket History and Facts

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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.

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Cricket History and Facts Questions

Multiple choice

Who is the highest run scorer of IPL

  1. Suresh raina

  2. David warner

  3. Virat kohli

  4. Rohit sharma
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Virat Kohli is the all-time leading run-scorer in the history of the Indian Premier League.

Multiple choice

What is the lowest score of IPL

  1. 87

  2. 48

  3. 49

  4. 53
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Royal Challengers Bangalore holds the record for the lowest team total in IPL history, scoring 49 runs against KKR in 2017.

Multiple choice

How many Pakistani players played IPL.

  1. 20

  2. 11

  3. 10

  4. 13
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

11 Pakistani players participated in the inaugural 2008 season of the IPL before they were excluded from subsequent seasons.

Multiple choice

Who had taken the first hatrick of IPL

  1. Zaheer khan

  2. Praveen kumar

  3. Laxmipati balaji

  4. Sunil narine
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Laxmipati Balaji, playing for Chennai Super Kings, took the first-ever hat-trick in IPL history against Kings XI Punjab in 2008.

Multiple choice

Who was the title sponser of the IPL 2012

  1. Pepsi

  2. DLF

  3. Kingfisher

  4. Vivo
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

DLF was the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League from its inception in 2008 until 2012. Pepsi took over as the title sponsor starting in 2013.

Multiple choice

Which player has the most IPL hat-tricks?

  1. Rohit Sharma

  2. Shreyas Gopal

  3. Amit Mishra

  4. Yuvraj Singh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Amit Mishra holds the record for the most hat-tricks in IPL history, having achieved the feat three times. Other players like Yuvraj Singh have achieved it twice.

Multiple choice

Which player has the fastest IPL 50?

  1. Hardik Pandya

  2. KL Rahul

  3. Sunil Narine

  4. Andre Russell
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

KL Rahul scored a 50 off 14 balls against Delhi Capitals in 2018, which stood as the fastest IPL fifty for several years. Pat Cummins later equaled this record.