CRICKET

*Cricket was originated in 
Ans : England
Ans : The country known as the 'Home of Cricket' 
Ans : England
*Cricket is also known as 
Ans : Gentlemen's game
*Maximum days of a Test Cricket 
Ans : 5 (five)
*First Test match and first One-day matches were played between
Ans : Australia and England 
*First recognised test match was commenced in March 1877 at
Ans : Melbourne Stadium (Australia won by 45 runs)
*India got its ICC membership in 
Ans : 1926
*The government body of cricket in the world
Ans : International Cricket Council (ICC)
*The headquarters of ICC
Ans : Dubai
*ICC was formed on 
Ans : June 15,1909
*Number of members in ICC
Ans : 105 members
*The oldest from of ICC
Ans : Imperial Cricket Conference
*First Indian to become the Chariman of ICC
Ans : N.Sreenivasan
*Offical language of ICC
Ans : English
*First recognised One day match was commenced in January 1971 between
Ans : Australia and England 
*1st recognised One day match was held in
Ans : Melbourne Stadium
*1st recognized twenty 20 match was commenced in 2005 between
Ans : Australia and New Zealand
*Length of a cricket pitch
Ans : 22 yards or 20.12 mtrs
*Height of a Cricket stump
Ans : 28 inches
*Weight of a cricket ball
Ans : 155.9 gm to 163gm
*1st recognized twenty 20 match was commenced at
Ans : Eden Park (Auckland)
*Lords Cricket stadium (London) is known as 
Ans : Mecca of Cricket

BOARD OF CRICKET CONTROL IN INDIA,(BCCI)

*Headquarters of BCCI is at
Ans : Mumbai
*The Indian Cricket Academy is at
Ans : Bengaluru
*India's first International Test Match was played with
Ans : England (1932)
*1st Indian Test Cricket captain
Ans : C.K. Naidu
*India's first winning in a test match was held at
Ans : Madras (1952) against Pakistan
*The captajn of India's first winning test match
Ans : Vijay Hazare
*First Indian one day captain
Ans : Ajith Wadekar
*India played its 1st one day match in
Ans : 1974
*India played its first T20 under the captaincy of
Ans : Virender Sehwag
*India's first T 20 match was against
Ans : South Africa (2006)
*India won its first One day International under the captaincy of
Ans : Venkataraghavan (in the 1975 Cricket World Cup against East Africa) 
*Most number of One day international matches were held at
Ans : Sharjah Cricket Stadium 
*Oldest cricket club in India
Ans : Calcutta Cricket Club 
*First foreign coach of Indian cricket team 
Ans : John Wright
*First man to have played One Day International cricket for two countries
Ans : Kepler Wessels (for Australia and South Africa)
*First Indian to play cricket
Ans : Maharaja Ranjitsinhji (he played for English Cricket team)
*1st Indian to score a century in Test cricket
Ans : Lala Amarnath
*1st Indian player to score a century in One day international 
Ans : Kapil Dev
*1st Indian player to score a century in Twenty 20 International 
Ans : Suresh Raina
*1st Indian Player to score a double century in a test cricket was 
Ans : Polly Umrigar 
*1st Indian player to score a double century in One day cricket
Ans : Sachin Tendulkar against South Africa  
*1st Indian player to score triple century in test cricket
Ans : Virender Sehwag 
*First Indian bats-man who has taken centuries against all test playing Nations
Ans : Rahul Dravid 
*First person to score highest individual score in ODI's
Ans : Rohit Sharma (264 against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens, Kolkata) 
*The only player in the world to score two double hundreds in ODIs
Ans : Rohit Sharma 

TERMS RELATED TO CRICKET

1. Follow on
2. Free hit
3.Sixer
4.Wide 
5.Duck
6.Lbws
7. Full toss.
8.No ball
9. Bouncer 
10.Crease 
11.Third umpire
12.Yorker 
13. China man
14.Googly
15. Doosra
16.Back foot
17. Square cut
18. Short pitch

FAMOUS TROPHIES RELATED TO CRICKET

  
*Ashes cup (England x Australia)
*Border Gavaskar trophy (India x Australia)
*Vijay Hazare trophy 
*Duleep trophy 
*Vijay Merchant trophy  
*C.K. Naidu trophy 
*Ghulam Ahmed trophy 
*Deodhar trophy 
*Irani trophy  
*Natwest trophy  
*Benson Hedges trophy  
*Cooch Behar trophy
*Champions trophy
*First non-Australian Cricketer to address the Bradman Oration in Canberra 
Ans : Rahul Dravid

FAMOUS BOOKS AND AUTHORS RELATED TO CRICKET

*Playing it my way - Sachin Tendulkar
*Idols, One Day Wonders, Sunny Days, Runs Ruins - Sunil Gavaskar
*Straight from the heart, Cricket my style, By God's decree, The true story- Kapil Dev
*All Round View - Imran Khan
*A long Innings - Vijay Hazare
*Tigers Tail - Manzoor Ali Khan Pataudi
*Fair well to Cricket,The Art of Cricket - Bradman
*Indian Summers - John Wright
*Behind the shades - Duncan Fletcher
*Hitting across the line- Viv Richards
*White lightning - Allan Donald
*The colors - Adam Gil Christ
*Out of my comfort zone - Steve Waugh
*Beyond Ten thousand - Allan Border
*My Autograph - Shane Warre
*Sanding my ground - Mathew Hayden
*Head on - Ian Botham

CRICKET WORLD CUPS

ONE DAY WORLD CUPS 

*First Cricket World Cup was held in
Ans : 1975 at England
*Official name of 1st International World Cup
Ans : Prudential cup
*Each One Day World Cup is held once in every
Ans : Four years
*The first and second World Cups were won by
Ans : West Indies (captain - Clive Lloyd)
*Most successful team in the history of World cup
Ans : Australia
*Australia won 5 World cup title including a Hat trick world championship
*India won its 1st World Cup under the -captaincy of
Ans : Kapil Dev (1983 in England)
*India won its 1st World Cup by defeating
Ans : West Indies
*Man of the match of 1983 World Cup final
Ans : Mohinder Amarnath
*Kapil Dev marked first century of an Indian in World Cup Cricket against
Ans : Zimbabwe (1983) He scored 175 run is that match 
*First Malayalee who was selected to the world cup team of 1983 
Ans : Sunil Valson
*First Malaylee who played in World cup Cricket 
Ans : Sreesanth
*White balls were introduced in  1992 
Ans : World Cup
*First Indian bowler to get a hat- trick in World cup
Ans : Chethan Sharma
*The only Arab Nation played in World Cup Cricket 
Ans : UAE
*India won the 2011 world cup under the captaincy of
Ans : MS Dhoni
*Man of the series of 2011 World Cup
Ans : Yuvraj Singh
*2019 World Cup will be hosted by 
Ans : England
*2023 World cup will be hosted by 
Ans : India

2015 CRICKET WORLD CUP (11 TH WORLD CUP)

*Venue - Australia, New Zealand
*Champions - Australia (5th title)
*Participants - 14
*Matches played - 49
*Player of the Series - Mitchell Starc
(Australia)
*Most runs  - Martin Guptill (New Zealand -547 runs)
*Most Wickets - Mitchel Starc (22) and Trent Boult (22)
*The Brand Ambassador - Sachin Tendulkar

CRICKET RECORDS

*Record of highest Individual score of
International Test Cricket is owned by
Ans : Brain Lara (West Indies - 400 runs not out)
*Highest Indian Individual score in International Test Cricket is owned by
Ans : Virender Sehwag (against South Africa - 319 runs at Chennai)
*Second Indian Cricket player to score triple Century
Ans : Karun Nair
*First batsman in Test Cricket to convert his debut century into a triple century 
Ans : Karun Nair
*Record of the highest Individual score in one day International cricket is credited to 
Ans : Rohit Sharma (264) against Sri Lanka at Kolkata
*The only person to score two double centuries in One day International 
Ans : Rohit Sharma
*The person who holds the record of maximum batting average in test cricket 
Ans : Don Bradman (99.94)
*Highest team total in the history of test cricket was scored by
Ans : Sri Lanka (952-6 against India)
*Highest team total in One day International was scored by
Ans : England (444-3 against Pakistan)
*Highest team total in Twenty-20 was scored by
Ans : Australia (263-3 against Sri Lanka)
*The person who holds the record of most number of double centuries (12) in test Cricket
Ans : Don Bradman
*First triple century was scored by
Ans : Andy Sandham (England against the West Indies in 1930)
*The highest individual score in T-20 International was achieved by
Ans : Aaron Finch (156 against England) 
*Highest individual score taker of India in International T20
Ans : Lokesh Rahul (110 against West Indies)
*Fastest century in test Cricket is in the name of
Ans : Brendon McCulum (from 54 balls against Australia)
*Fastest Century in One Day International is recorded by
Ans : AB.De Villiers (South Africa) from 31 balls
*The record of fastest half century in T20 is owned by
Ans : Yuvraj Singh
*The leading wicket taker for India in both test and one day cricket 
Ans : Anil Kumble
*First player to get 10 wickets in one test match
Ans : Jim Laker of England (second player - Anil Kumble)
*First Indian bowler to take a Hat trick in test cricket
Ans : Harbajan Singh
*First bowler to take 1000 wickets in International Cricket
Ans : Muttiah Muraleedharan (Sri Lanka)
*The highest wicket taker in both test and one day
Ans : Muttiah Muraleedharan
*1st person to hit 6 sixes in a single Over
Ans : Hershal Gibbs
*Highest Partnership in One Day International
Ans : 372 of Chris Gayles and Marlon Samuels of West Indies
*Highest score by a team in World Cup 
Ans : 417-6 by Australia against Afghanistan (2015)
*Lowest score by a team in World cup 
Ans : 36 by Canada against Sri Lanka (2003)
*Highest run scorer in World Cup Cricket 
Ans : Martin Guptil (New Zealand) 
*Highest Individual score of an Indian in , World Cup Cricket is credited to
Ans : Saurav Ganguly against Sri Lanka
SACHIN TENDULKAR
*Nickname
Ans : God of Cricket, Master blaster, Little Master
*Sachin's first test match was on 
Ans : November 15,1989 (against Pakistan)
*First ODI was on
Ans : December 18,1989 (against Pakistan)
*Fastest century in IPL
Ans : Chris Gayle (from 30 balls)
*Most wicket taker in IPL
Ans : Lasith Mallinga (154 wickets)
*The most successful team in IPL history in terms of the number of titles won
Ans : Mumbai Indians
*Most number of centuries in IPL are in  the name of
Ans : Chris Gayle (5)
*Most number of Fifties were recorded in the name of 
Ans : Gautham Gambhir (31)
*Most number of Hat Tricks won by
Ans : Amit Mishra (3)
*Most matches were played by
Ans : Suresh Raina (143)
*The IPL team holds the record of highest team total (263/5) in IPL
Ans : Royal Challengers Bengaluru (against Pune Warriors India)
*First team terminated from IPL for breaching its terms of agreement
Ans : Kochi Tuskers Kerala

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

*Award to the top run scorer in the IPL during a season
Ans : Orange Cap
*Award to the top wicket taker in the IPL during a season
Ans : Purple Cap

PLAYERS AND NICK NAMES

*Master blaster- Sachin Tendulkar
*Little Master - Sunil Gavaskar/Sachin Tendulkar
*Sunny - Sunil Gavaskar
*The wall, Jami - Rahul Dravid
*Tiger - Manzoor Ali Khan Pataudi
*Turbanator - Harbajan Singh 
*Jumbo - AnilKumble 
*Bengal tiger - Sourav Ganguli
*Jimmy - Mohindar Amarnath
*Veeru - Virender SehWag
*Gilli - Adam Gil Christ
*Gauthi - Goutham Gambhir
*Breddy - Andrew Flintoff
*Don - Donald Bradman
*Beefy - Ian Botham
*Baroda Express - Zaheer Khan
*Mysore Express - Javagal Srinath
*Kerala Express - Sreesanth

RANJI TROPHY

*The domestic first class cricket championship played in India
Ans : Ranji Trophy
*First Ranji Trophy was held in
Ans : 1934
*First Ranji Trophy Champions 
Ans : Bombay
*The trophy was donated by
Ans : Maharaja Bhupinder Singh
*Last ODI was on
Ans : March 18,2012 (against Pakistan)
*The person who holds the record of playing most number of One Day matches
Ans : Sachin Tendulkar
*He scored 15,921 runs in test matches which is highest by a batsman in history
*Highest runs in ODI by Sachin Tendulkar 
Ans : 18,426
*Tendulkar's highest score in test match 
Ans : 248 (notout)
*First man to score double century in One Day International (200 not out)
Ans : Sachin Tendulkar
*Person holds the record of playing most number of world cups (6)
Ans : Sachin Tendulkar
*Sachin's 100th century was against 
Ans : Bangladesh at Dhaka
*The only cricketer who scored 100 International Centuries
Ans : Sachin Tendulkar
*First player to score 50 hundreds in Test cricket
Ans : Sachin Tendulkar
*The youngest sports person to receive Bharat Ratna
Ans : Sachin Tendulkar
*First sports person and the first person without an aviation background to be awarded the honorary rank of group captain by Indian Air Force
Ans : Sachin Tendulkar
*Autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar (with Boria Majumdar)
Ans : Playing It My Way
*'Making of a Cricketer' is a book written about
Ans:Sachin Tendulkar by Ajith Tendulkar
*'Sachin : A Billion Dreams' is a film based on the life of Sachin Tendulkar directed by
Ans : James Erskine
*Tendulkar received his Arjuna Award in
Ans : 1994
*Tendulkar received Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in
Ans : 1997
*Tendulkar got Padma Shri in 
Ans : 1999
*Tendulkar got Padma Vibhushan in 
Ans : 2008
*Tendulkar was nominated to Rajya Sabha in
Ans : 2012
*Tendulkar got Bharat Ratna in 
Ans : 2013

IPL

*A professional league for twenty 20 cricket competition in India
Ans : Indian Premier League (IPL)
*First IPL tournament was played in
Ans : 2008
*First IPL tournament was won by
Ans : Rajasthan Royals (captain Shane Warne)
*First player to score 100 in IPL
Ans : Brendon McCullum
*First Indian Cricketer to score a century in IPL 
Ans : Manish Pandey

STADIUMS IN INDIA

*Chinna Swami Stadium - Bengaluru 
*Wankhade - Mumbai 
*Brabourne - Mumbai 
*Eden Garden - Kolkata
*Sawai Mansingh - Jaipur
*Mohali - Chandigarh
*Patel - Ahmedabad
*Reliance - Baroda
*Feroz Shah Kotla - Delhi
*Bangabandhu - Dhaka
*Barabati - Cuttack
*Sabeena park - Cuttack
*Fatorda stadium - Goa
*Green Park - Kanpur
*Greenfield -Trivandrum
*Ambedkar - New Delhi
*Chidambaram - Chennai
*Jawaharlal Nehru - Kochi 
*Indira Gandhi - New Delhi

WORLD'S WELL KNOWN CRICKET STADIUMS

*Sharjah stadium - Sharjah
* Lords - London
*Melbourne - Australia
*Premadasa - Colombo (Sri Lanka)
*Wanderers - Johannesburg (South Africa)
*Oval - England
*Old Trafford - England
*Sabeena Park - Jamaica
*Most successful champions in Ranji 
Ans : Mumbai