Indian Cricket Trivia
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48 free Indian Cricket trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Sep 2026.
Indian cricket runs on stories: a captain's 175 that rescued a World Cup campaign from 17 for 5, a follow-on that turned into one of the greatest Test wins ever played, a leg-spinner who took all ten wickets in an innings, and a six that ended a 28-year wait for a second world title. This quiz covers the men's and women's national teams from the first Test at Lord's in 1932 to the 2025 Champions Trophy: the 1983 and 2011 World Cup wins, the captains who shaped each era, batting and bowling records, famous grounds and the tied Test, IPL firsts and the board that runs it all. It is written for fans who know the famous names and want the stories behind them, and for quiz hosts who need verified questions with a clear explanation for every answer. Every question cites the page that establishes it.
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Q 01Which two-time defending champion did India dismiss for 140 in the 1983 World Cup final at Lord's?
West Indies
West Indies had won the first two World Cups and needed only 184, yet were bowled out for 140 in 52 overs, a 43-run defeat still ranked among cricket's great upsets.
Q 02Whose unbeaten 175 against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup came after India had collapsed to 17 for 5?
Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev's innings saved a side that looked to be going out of the World Cup, and India went on to lift the trophy at Lord's.
Q 03Which India captain is the only one to win the World T20, the 50-over World Cup and the Champions Trophy?
MS Dhoni
MS Dhoni lifted the 2007 World T20, the 2011 World Cup and the 2013 Champions Trophy, and in the 2011 final he promoted himself up the order and finished unbeaten on 91.
Q 04Which Indian hit six sixes in one over off Stuart Broad at the 2007 World T20 in Durban?
Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh's victim, Stuart Broad, recovered from that over to take more than 600 Test wickets for England.
Q 05Which opener's 264 at Kolkata in 2014 set the men's ODI record score?
Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma was returning from a finger injury, and he made his 264 off 173 balls.
Q 06Who scored a record 50th ODI century in the 2023 World Cup semi-final against New Zealand?
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli passed Sachin Tendulkar's 49 ODI hundreds, but four days later India's unbeaten run ended with defeat by Australia in the final.
Q 07Who became the first Indian to score a Test triple century, with 309 against Pakistan at Multan?
Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag's 309 came in an innings India declared at 675 for 5, leaving Sachin Tendulkar stranded on 194 not out.
Q 08Which opener was the first batter to reach 10,000 Test runs, doing so against Pakistan in 1987?
Sunil Gavaskar
Sunil Gavaskar's debut series in the Caribbean in 1971 inspired the calypso singer Lord Relator to write a song in his honour.
Q 09Which leg-spinner took all ten Pakistan wickets in a Test innings at Delhi in 1999?
Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble's 10 for 74 made him only the second bowler after Jim Laker to take all ten, and three years later he bowled in Antigua with a fractured jaw and dismissed Brian Lara.
Q 10Whose 281 at Kolkata in 2001 won a Test after India had followed on, ending Australia's 16-match streak?
VVS Laxman
VVS Laxman broke India's long-standing Test record score of 236 not out and shared a 376-run stand that lasted the entire fourth day.
Q 11Which Pakistan batter was caught scooping to short fine leg to end the 2007 World T20 final?
Misbah-ul-Haq
Misbah-ul-Haq had made 43 off 38 balls to drag Pakistan within reach, and India's five-run win made them the first World Twenty20 champions.
Q 12India's tied 2007 World T20 group match against Pakistan in Durban was settled by which tie-breaker?
Bowl-out
Bowl-out: three Indian bowlers hit the unguarded stumps while all three Pakistan bowlers missed, so India won it 3–0.
Q 13Which franchise, the cheapest buy in the 2008 auction, won the first IPL?
Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals won the final off the very last ball, when Sohail Tanvir struck the winning run.
Q 21Whose 137 for Australia in the 2023 World Cup final ended India's unbeaten run through the tournament?
Travis Head
Travis Head fell just short of finishing the chase, so Glenn Maxwell hit the winning runs as Australia took a sixth World Cup.
Q 22Against which side did India record its first World Cup victory, by ten wickets at Headingley in 1975?
East Africa
East Africa, a combined team drawn from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia, was India's only victim that year; the other two group games were lost to England and New Zealand.
Q 23Which Indian captain retired in 2022 as the leading run-scorer in all women's international cricket?
Mithali Raj
Q 14Which New Zealander hit 158 not out for Kolkata Knight Riders in the very first IPL match in 2008?
Brendon McCullum
Brendon McCullum faced just 73 balls for what was then the highest Twenty20 score ever, and Kolkata won the opening match by 140 runs against Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Q 15Which IPL franchise was suspended for 2016 and 2017 over a betting scandal, then won the title on its return?
Chennai Super Kings
Chennai Super Kings were banned because team official Gurunath Meiyappan was found to have bet on IPL matches, and on their return Cauvery protests pushed their home games to Pune.
Q 16Which city's Narendra Modi Stadium is the world's largest cricket ground?
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad's rebuilt stadium drew over 100,000 people to a rally for Donald Trump in February 2020, a year before it was renamed for Narendra Modi.
Q 17Which ground's 1996 World Cup semi-final was awarded to Sri Lanka after rioting fans halted play?
Eden Gardens
Eden Gardens erupted with India 120 for 8 and heading for defeat, and after a failed restart match referee Clive Lloyd handed Sri Lanka the game.
Q 18The second tied Test in history, between India and Australia in 1986, was played in which city?
Madras
Madras's Chepauk ground saw Dean Jones make 210 and India's last man fall lbw with one run needed, only the second tie in more than a century of Tests.
Q 19Which ground hosted the rain-shortened 2013 Champions Trophy final that India won by five runs?
Edgbaston
Edgbaston's final, cut to 20 overs a side by rain, came down to England needing six off the last ball, and James Tredwell missed it.
Q 20In which city did India play the whole 2025 Champions Trophy, beating New Zealand in the final?
Dubai
Dubai staged every India game because the team would not travel to host nation Pakistan, and India chased 252 in the final with four wickets to spare.
Mithali Raj played in India's World Cup final defeats in 2005 and 2017, and retired three years before India finally won the title in 2025.
Q 24Which seamer, the first woman to 200 ODI wickets, bowled her last international at Lord's in 2022?
Jhulan Goswami
Jhulan Goswami finished with 255 wickets from 204 ODIs, the most in the women's game, and India marked her farewell with a 16-run win over England.
Q 25Who hit 171 not out against Australia in the 2017 Women's World Cup semi-final at Derby?
Harmanpreet Kaur
Harmanpreet Kaur's 115-ball assault took India into the final, and eight years later she captained India to its first Women's World Cup title.
Q 26Which team did India beat by 52 runs in the 2025 Women's World Cup final to win a first world title?
South Africa
South Africa lost as Shafali Verma, left out of India's original squad and brought in for the injured Pratika Rawal, was named player of the final.
Q 27Who was named man of the match in both the semi-final and the final of the 1983 World Cup?
Mohinder Amarnath
Mohinder Amarnath finished with 3 for 12 in the final, ending it by trapping Michael Holding lbw.
Q 28Which future Test batter shared an unbroken 664-run stand with Sachin Tendulkar in a school match?
Vinod Kambli
Vinod Kambli's Test career lasted only 17 matches, while Sachin Tendulkar went on to play 200.
Q 29Which India captain made centuries in his first three Tests and was later banned for life over match-fixing?
Mohammad Azharuddin
Mohammad Azharuddin's 2000 life ban followed a CBI report, and a high court overturned it in 2012, long after his playing days were over.
Q 30Whose unbeaten 89 at the Gabba in 2021 chased down 328 and sealed India's Test series win in Australia?
Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant's chase broke into Australia's Gabba fortress and sealed a 2–1 series win, a month after India had been bowled out for 36.