Q 01/05

Which two-time defending champion did India dismiss for 140 in the 1983 World Cup final at Lord's?

A) Australia

B) West Indies

C) England

D) Pakistan

Answer · why

B) 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'...

Q 02/05

Whose unbeaten 175 against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup came after India had collapsed to 17 for 5?

A) Kapil Dev

B) Sandeep Patil

C) Kris Srikkanth

D) Roger Binny

Answer · why

A) Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev's 175 not out off 138 balls included six sixes and an unbeaten 126-run ninth-wicket stand with Syed Kirmani, a world record that stood for 2...

Q 03/05

Which India captain is the only one to win the World T20, the 50-over World Cup and the Champions Trophy?

A) Sachin Tendulkar

B) Ravi Shastri

C) Dilip Vengsarkar

D) MS Dhoni

Answer · why

D) 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 finis...

Q 04/05

Which Indian hit six sixes in one over off Stuart Broad at the 2007 World T20 in Durban?

A) Irfan Pathan

B) Robin Uthappa

C) Yuvraj Singh

D) Dinesh Karthik

Answer · why

C) Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh reached fifty off just 12 balls in that innings, then the fastest in any form of international cricket, and was later player of the tourn...

Q 05/05

Which opener holds the highest men's ODI score, 264, made at Kolkata in 2014?

A) Shikhar Dhawan

B) Rohit Sharma

C) Ishan Kishan

D) Sachin Tendulkar

Answer · why

B) Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma's 264 came off 173 balls, and he remains the only player with three double centuries in ODIs.