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

Which Indian sports broadcasting network holds the rights to broadcast the US Open tennis tournament?

  1. Star Sports

  2. ESPN

  3. Sony Six

  4. Zee Sports
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Star Sports is the Indian sports broadcasting network that holds the rights to broadcast the US Open tennis tournament.

Multiple choice

Who won the toss in the SRH vs GT match?

  1. SRH

  2. GT
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sunrisers Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat first.

Multiple choice

Who was the Player of the Match?

  1. Travis Head

  2. Mohit Sharma

  3. Heinrich Klaasen

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

Mohit Sharma's impressive bowling figures of 3 wickets for 25 runs earned him the Player of the Match award.

Multiple choice

How many runs did SRH score in their innings?

  1. 145

  2. 162

  3. 178

  4. 192
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

SRH finished their innings with a total of 162 runs for the loss of 8 wickets.

Multiple choice

Which SRH batsman scored the most runs?

  1. Abhishek Sharma

  2. Aiden Markram

  3. Heinrich Klaasen

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

Abdul Samad top-scored for SRH with 29 runs off 14 balls.

Multiple choice

Which GT bowler took the most wickets?

  1. Azmatullah Omarzai

  2. Rashid Khan

  3. Noor Ahmad

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

Mohit Sharma was the most successful bowler for GT, claiming 3 wickets.

Multiple choice

How many wickets did GT lose in their chase?

  1. 1

  2. 2

  3. 3

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

GT chased down the target with 7 wickets remaining.

Multiple choice

Which GT batsman scored the winning runs?

  1. Shubman Gill

  2. Sai Sudharsan

  3. David Miller

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

David Miller hit a six off the first ball of the final over to secure the victory for GT.

Multiple choice

What was the asking rate for GT at the start of the last 5 overs?

  1. 6.5

  2. 7.8

  3. 9.2

  4. 10.6
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

GT needed 49 runs off the last 30 balls, resulting in an asking rate of 7.8 runs per over.

Multiple choice

Which SRH bowler bowled the most expensive over?

  1. Bhuvneshwar Kumar

  2. Shahbaz Ahmed

  3. Washington Sundar

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

Mayank Markande conceded 24 runs in his 16th over, which proved to be a turning point in the match.

Multiple choice

Did SRH use their Impact Player in the match?

  1. Yes

  2. No
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

SRH brought in Washington Sundar as their Impact Player, replacing Mayank Agarwal.

Multiple choice

How many sixes were hit in the match?

  1. 5

  2. 8

  3. 11

  4. 14
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

There were a total of 8 sixes hit in the match, with both teams clearing the boundary four times each.

Multiple choice

Who won the toss and elected to bat first?

  1. Delhi Capitals

  2. Chennai Super Kings
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Rishabh Pant, captain of Delhi Capitals, won the toss and chose to bat first.

Multiple choice

Which batsman scored the most runs for Delhi Capitals?

  1. David Warner

  2. Rishabh Pant

  3. Prithvi Shaw
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

David Warner scored 52 runs off 35 balls for Delhi Capitals.

Multiple choice

Who took the most wickets for Chennai Super Kings?

  1. Matheesha Pathirana

  2. Mustafizur Rahman

  3. Ravindra Jadeja
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Matheesha Pathirana took 3 wickets for 31 runs for Chennai Super Kings.