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1. Who is known as the father of Indian Cricket ?

Ans:- K.S.Renjith Singji

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2. Who was the first Captain of Indian Cricket Team ?

Ans:- C.K.Naidu

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3. “One More Over is a book” written by

Ans:- E.A.S.Prasanna

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4. The Captain who lead India to her first test victory?

Ans:- Vijay Hazare

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5. Where is “Chepauk Ground” situated ?

Ans:- Chennai

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6. Who was the first batsman to score three centuries at Lord’s?

Ans:-  Dilip Vengsarkar

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7. The only team to be dismissed twice in a single day of test match.

 Ans:- India

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8. Who was the first Indian batsman to hit a century on debut against England in England?

Ans:- Abbas Ali Baig

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9. The first Indian batsman to bat on all five days of a Test.

Ans:- M.L.Jaisimha

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10. The only Indian cricketer who have won four successive Man of the Match awards in One-day Internationals.

Ans:- Sourav Ganguly

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11. The only player in the history of Test cricket to score a century in each of his first three test matches.

Ans:- Mohammed Azharruddin

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12. Who holds the unique distinction of being the only bowler to dismiss Don Bradman courtesy of a hit-wicket?

Ans:- Lala Amarnath

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13. Who was sent back home from the tour of England in1936 due to disciplinary reasons.

Ans:- Lala Amarnath

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14. The Indian Batsman who batted in all positions from 1-11.

Ans:- Vinoo Mankad

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15. The first batsman declared run out by a third umpire decision in the history of cricket?

Ans:- Sachin Tendulkar

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16. “Straight from the Heart” is a book written by

Ans:- Kapil Dev

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17. Green Park Cricket Stadium is in

Ans:- Kanpur

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18. The first Batsman to score a triple century for India ?

Ans:- Veerender Sehwag against Pakistan

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19. The first Indian bowler to take Hatric in a World Cup Cricket Match ?

Ans:- Chethan Chauhan against New Zealand.

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20. BCCI formed in the year?

Ans:- 1928

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21. Wankhede stadium is located in?

Ans:- Mumbay

22. Sachin played his first One day international against which Country?

Ans:- Pakistan on 18 December 1989

23. Which Indian cricketer is known as "Brown Bradman"

Ans:- Sunil Gavaskar

24. Who was the first Indian to take 16 wickets in a single test match?

Ans:- Narendra Hirwani

25. Who is the first Indian Batsman to cross 10000 runs in Tests?

Ans:- Sunil Gavaskar

26. Who was the captain of the Under-19 Cricket team who won the World Cup in March-2008?

Ans:- Virat Kohli

27. Yuvraj Singh smashed whom for six sixes in the first Twenty20 world championship?

Ans:- Stuart Broad

28. Which English player smashed Yuvraj Singh for 5 sixes in an over in the one day tournament held in England?

Ans:- Dimitri Mascarenhas

29. Kapil Dev Played his first test match in the year?

Ans:- 1978 Against Pakistan at Faisalabad.

30. Against which team did Virender Sehwag make his one day international debut?

Ans:-  Pakistan on Fool’s Day, 1999 at Chandigarh. He scored only 1 run and Pakistan won the match by 7 wickets.

31. Who was the 1st president of BCCI ( Board of Control for Cricket in India )?

Ans:- R.E. Grant Govan was president from 1928-29 to1932-33.

32. Tendulkar made his first One day century against?

Ans:- Australia on September 9, 1994 at Colombo in Sri Lanka

33. The 1984-85 seasons, 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot- India were 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?

Ans:- That match was abandoned after hearing the news of Indira Gandhi being killed

34. The famous spinner who made his test debut against India at Sydney, in 1992 ?

Ans:- Shane Warne.

35. India’s Lowest Total in One Day International Cricket was against which country?

Ans:-  India scored only 54 runs against Sri Lanka in Sharjah on the 29th of Oct 2000.

36. What is India’s highest ODI innings total against Sri Lanka?

Ans:- 373 for 6 at Tauntan, England, on May 26, 1999.

37. What is Sri Lanka’s lowest ODI innings total against India?

Ans:- 96 all out at Sharjah on April 8, 1984.

38. Who is the only cricketer to have played for England and India?

Ans:- The Nawab Of Pataudi (Senior)

39. The highest number of catches taken by a non-wicketkeeper in an entire Test for India?

Ans:- Yajurvindra Singh (India) at Bangalore, 1976-77

40.Which county did Sachin Tendulkar play for?

Ans:- Yorkshire

41.Which Indian bowler claimed his 300th one-day international wicket against Netherlands in a pool-a match of the 2003 world cup?

Ans:- Javagal Srinath

42.Where did India play its 1st one day international match?

Ans:- Headingley on 13/07/1974, India lost the match by four wickets.

43.Who was the 1st ODI captain for India?

Ans:- Ajit Wadekar

44.Where did the 1st ODI match was played in India?

Ans:- Ahmedabad

45.Who was the first captain of Indian Test team?

Ans:- C K Nayudu

46.What is the middle name of Sourav Ganguly?

Ans:- Chandidas

47.How many runs did Sachin Tendulkar was scored in his ODI debut?

Ans:- Master Blaster is out for a DUCK, against Pakisthan on 18 December 1989.

48.Who was the man of the match of the 1983 World Cup Final ?

Ans:-  Mohinder Amarnath.

49.Who was named India's Cricketer of the Century by Wisden?

Ans:- Kapil Dev

50.Which Indian batsman was the first to hit 44 fours in a test match innings?

Ans:- V.V.S.Laxman

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