Cricket Quiz 1: Sports Quiz

Cricket Quiz 1

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1. What is the name of the cricket ground at Kanpur?

Green Park
Eden Gardens
Wankhede Stadium
Nehru Stadium

2. The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. Which British newspaper first used the term Ashes?

The Guardian
The Sporting Times
The Observer
Wisden

3. Which Indian batsman made the most ducks in World Cup Cricket?

Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Zaheer Khan
Javagal Srinath
Sunil Gavaskar

4. "Straight from the Heart" is the autobiography of a great Indian cricketer. Who is he?

Sachin Tendulkar
Saurva Ganguly
Sunil Gavaskar
Kapil Dev

5. The Arjuna Awards are given by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, government of India to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports. Who is the first cricketer to get the award?

Saleem Durani
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
Vijay Manjrekar
Ajit Wadekar

6. Which one of the following is NOT among the batsmen who have score triple centuries in test cricket more than once?

Donald Bradman
Chris Gayle
Virender Sehwag
Sachin Tendulkar

7. Who holds the world record for the most wickets in both test and one-day cricket?

Muttiah Muralitharan
Shane Warne
Anil Kumble
GD McGrath

8. Name the cricketer who set the record for the most number of catches taken by a player in Test cricket.

Mahela Jayawardene
Jacques Kallis
Rahul Dravid
Ricky Ponting

9. Sachin Tendulkar is at the top of batting records in One-Day Internationals with a total score of 18426. Do you know who is in the second position?

Sanath Jayasurya
Kumar Sangakkara
Ricky Ponting
Mahela Jayawardhane

10. Who was the first bowler to take the first hat-trick in the history of world cup cricket?

Wasim Akram
Lasith Malinga
Chetan Sharma
Chaminda Vaas



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