GK QUIZ - CRICKET

GK QUIZ - CRICKET

Q1. What is the highest individual score by a batsman in a Test match?

a. 375

b. 400*

c. 401

d. 450

Answer: b. 400*. Brian Lara, holds the record of highest individual score in TEST cricket. As he has scored 400* runs of 582 ball against England .

Q2. Who was the first player to score a double century in One Day International cricket?

a. Sachin Tendulkar

b. Vivian Richards

c. Martin Guptill

d. Rohit Sharma

Answer: a. Sachin Tendulkar, Tendulkar scored 200 not out against South Africa at Gwalior on 24 February 2010 is the first double century in one day international.

Q3. Which team won the IPL 2021 edition?

a. Chennai Super Kings

b. Royal Challengers Bangalore

c. Mumbai Indians

d. Kolkata Knight Riders

Answer: a. Chennai Super Kings, Chennai Super Kings won the match by 27 runs beating Kolkata Knight Riders, to win their fourth IPL title.

Q4. Who holds the record for the highest individual score in a single IPL match?

a. AB de Villiers

b. Chris Gayle

c. KL Rahul

d. Shane Watson

Answer: b. Chris Gayle, Gayle scored 175 not out in 66 balls against Pune Warriors India.

Q5. Who was the first Test cricketer to score century in both innings?

a. Don batman

b. Vivian Richards

c. Warren Bardsley

d. Sunil Goveskar

Answer: c. Warren Bardsley, Warren Bardsley of Australia scored 136 and 130 against England in August 1909.

Q6. Who was the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in Test cricket?

a. Harbhajan Singh

b. Anil Kumble

c. Kapil Dev

d. JaspritBumrah

Answer: a. Harbhajan Singh, Harbhajan Singh was the first bowler became test cricket hat-trick against Australia at Eden Garden.

Q7. Who is the fastest Indian bowler to reach 100 ODI wickets?

a. JaspritBumrah

b. Mohammad Shami

c. Kuldeep Yadav

d. Ravindra Jadeja

Answer: b. Mohammad Shami, Muhammad Shami claimed 100 ODI wickets in just 56 matches.

Q8. Who is the leading run-scorer in IPL history?

a. Virat Kohli

b. Suresh Raina

c. Rohit Sharma

d. David Warner

Answer: a. Virat Kohli, Kohli scored 6411 runs in IPL till 2022 edition.

Q9. Who is the leading wicket-taker in IPL history?

a. Lasith Malinga

b. Amit Mishra

c. Piyush Chawla

d. Dwayne Bravo

Answer: d. Dwayne Bravo, Chennai Super Kings all-rounder Dwayne Bravo  scalped 183 wickets in 161 matches

Q10. Who has the best bowling figures in a single innings of a Test match?

a. Jim Laker

b. Anil Kumble

c. Muttiah Muralitharan

d. Shane Warne

Answer: a. Jim Laker, England bowler Jim Laker took 10 wickets in an innings in 1956 against Australia.

Q11. Who is the only player to have scored 3 centuries in Test cricket as a captain?

a. Steve Smith

b. Virat Kohli

c. Graeme Smith

d. Brian Lara

Answer: b. Virat Kohli, Virat Kohli made centuries in test series against Sri Lanka in 2017 series back-to-back 104*, 213 and finally brilliant 243 runs.

Q12. Who has the best bowling figures in a single innings of an ODI match?

a. Chaminda Vaas

b. Glenn McGrath

c. Anil Kumble

d. Rashid Khan

Answer: a. Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lanka's Chaminda Vaas' 8/19 against Zimbabwe in 2001 is the best bowling figures in ODI cricket.

Q13. Which player has won the Orange Cap award the most number of times in IPL history?

a. David Warner

b. Chris Gayle

c. Virat Kohli

d. Kane Williamson

Answer: a. David Warner, Sunrisers Hyderbad player Warner won 3 times the Orange Cap titles in 2015 (562 runs), 2017 (641 runs), and 2019 (692 runs),

Q14. Who is the only captain to have won the IPL trophy 5 times?

a. Rohit Sharma

b. MS Dhoni

c. Gautam Gambhir

d. Adam Gilchrist

Answer: a. Rohit Sharma, Mumbai Indians have won five IPL titles: in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020.

Q15. Who is the leading wicket-taker in a single season of IPL?

a. Dwayne Bravo

b. Lasith Malinga

c. Bhuvneshwar Kumar

d. Kagiso Rabada

Answer: a. Dwayne Bravo, 32 Wickets in 2013 IPL season.