Q 01/05

Which governing body organises the IPL?

A) ICC

B) ACC

C) BCCI

D) MCC

Answer · why

C) BCCI

BCCI: in May 2025 the board suspended the league for a week as military tensions escalated between India and Pakistan.

Q 02/05

Which format is played in the IPL?

A) One Day (50 overs)

B) Test

C) The Hundred

D) Twenty20

Answer · why

D) Twenty20

Each side gets 20 overs, which keeps a match to roughly three hours and fits the league into a March-to-May window.

Q 03/05

Who became the first to take 200 IPL wickets?

A) Piyush Chawla

B) Yuzvendra Chahal

C) Amit Mishra

D) Kuldeep Yadav

Answer · why

B) Yuzvendra Chahal

Yuzvendra Chahal had played chess for India as a junior, but gave the game up when he could not find sponsors.

Q 04/05

Which wicketkeeper became the costliest buy at the 2025 IPL auction?

A) KL Rahul

B) Ishan Kishan

C) Rishabh Pant

D) Sanju Samson

Answer · why

C) Rishabh Pant

Rishabh Pant went for ₹27 crore after Lucknow Super Giants raised their bid from ₹20.75 crore when his old team used a Right to Match card.

Q 05/05

Which team won the inaugural IPL season in 2008?

A) Rajasthan Royals

B) Chennai Super Kings

C) Mumbai Indians

D) Kolkata Knight Riders

Answer · why

A) Rajasthan Royals

Rajasthan Royals had been the cheapest of the eight founding franchises, bought for $67 million, yet they won the title.