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 Handball team has won the most National Championships?

  1. Services

  2. Punjab

  3. Haryana

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

The Services Handball team has won the most National Championships in India.

Multiple choice

Who is the current captain of the Indian cricket team?

  1. Virat Kohli

  2. Rohit Sharma

  3. Jasprit Bumrah

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

Rohit Sharma was appointed as the captain of the Indian cricket team in December 2021.

Multiple choice

Which Indian cricketer holds the record for the highest individual score in a Test match?

  1. Sachin Tendulkar

  2. Virender Sehwag

  3. Rahul Dravid

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

Virender Sehwag holds the record for the highest individual score in a Test match, with 319 runs against South Africa in 2008.

Multiple choice

Which Indian cricketer has taken the most wickets in Test matches?

  1. Anil Kumble

  2. Kapil Dev

  3. Ravichandran Ashwin

  4. Harbhajan Singh
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Anil Kumble has taken the most wickets in Test matches for India, with 619 wickets.

Multiple choice

Which Indian cricketer has scored the most runs in One Day Internationals (ODIs)?

  1. Sachin Tendulkar

  2. Virat Kohli

  3. Sourav Ganguly

  4. Rahul Dravid
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sachin Tendulkar has scored the most runs in ODIs for India, with 18,426 runs.

Multiple choice

Which Indian cricketer has taken the most wickets in One Day Internationals (ODIs)?

  1. Javagal Srinath

  2. Zaheer Khan

  3. Ajit Agarkar

  4. Ashish Nehra
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Javagal Srinath has taken the most wickets in ODIs for India, with 315 wickets.

Multiple choice

Which Indian cricketer has scored the most runs in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is)?

  1. Virat Kohli

  2. Rohit Sharma

  3. Suresh Raina

  4. Shikhar Dhawan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Virat Kohli has scored the most runs in T20Is for India, with 3,308 runs.

Multiple choice

Which Indian cricketer has taken the most wickets in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is)?

  1. Jasprit Bumrah

  2. Bhuvneshwar Kumar

  3. Ravichandran Ashwin

  4. Yuzvendra Chahal
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Jasprit Bumrah has taken the most wickets in T20Is for India, with 64 wickets.

Multiple choice

Which Indian cricketer has won the most Man of the Match awards in Test matches?

  1. Sachin Tendulkar

  2. Rahul Dravid

  3. Anil Kumble

  4. Kapil Dev
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sachin Tendulkar has won the most Man of the Match awards in Test matches for India, with 15 awards.

Multiple choice

Which Indian cricketer has won the most Man of the Match awards in One Day Internationals (ODIs)?

  1. Sachin Tendulkar

  2. Virat Kohli

  3. Sourav Ganguly

  4. Rahul Dravid
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sachin Tendulkar has won the most Man of the Match awards in ODIs for India, with 62 awards.

Multiple choice

Which Indian cricketer has won the most Man of the Match awards in Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is)?

  1. Virat Kohli

  2. Rohit Sharma

  3. Suresh Raina

  4. Shikhar Dhawan
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Virat Kohli has won the most Man of the Match awards in T20Is for India, with 14 awards.

Multiple choice

Which Indian cricketer has won the most ICC Player of the Year awards?

  1. Sachin Tendulkar

  2. Virat Kohli

  3. Rahul Dravid

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

Virat Kohli has won the most ICC Player of the Year awards, with three awards in 2011, 2012, and 2018.

Multiple choice

Which Indian cricketer has won the most ICC Test Player of the Year awards?

  1. Sachin Tendulkar

  2. Virat Kohli

  3. Rahul Dravid

  4. Anil Kumble
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sachin Tendulkar has won the most ICC Test Player of the Year awards, with two awards in 1997 and 2010.

Multiple choice

Which Indian cricketer has won the most ICC ODI Player of the Year awards?

  1. Sachin Tendulkar

  2. Virat Kohli

  3. Sourav Ganguly

  4. Rahul Dravid
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Sachin Tendulkar has won the most ICC ODI Player of the Year awards, with three awards in 1998, 2000, and 2002.

Multiple choice

Which Indian cricketer has won the most ICC T20I Player of the Year awards?

  1. Virat Kohli

  2. Rohit Sharma

  3. Jasprit Bumrah

  4. Ravichandran Ashwin
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Virat Kohli has won the most ICC T20I Player of the Year awards, with two awards in 2014 and 2016.