*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
*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
*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
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