Quiz 1: Cricket

Hello friends!! In the year 2024 I am venturing into a new arena of Quizzes. I am sure these monthly quizzes will be appreciated. Starting the January quiz with our very favorite Cricket.

Please participate by answering in the Google form link provided below. Answers will be posted after 15 days. Please avoid answering in comments.

1. Let’s start with something positive and straight forward: Which is the recent most ICC trophy won by India?

2. What coincidence connects David Boon and Travis Head? (Obviously apart from their team and moustache!)

3. If it was Suzie Bates in 2013 and Alyssa Healy in 2022, who was the player with this distinction in 2018?

4. MSD had a forgettable International debut versus Bangladesh. Another player debuted in the same match, who had a very limited career but was part of a glorious moment in the history of Indian cricket. The legend of MSD is incomplete without this particular moment. Identify the player.

5. The 1987 World Cup match between India and New Zealand is etched in history because of Chetan Sharma’s hattrick. What was another peculiar event that occurred in the same match?

6. If it was “Dhoni! Finishes off in style” in 2011 ODI WC Final and “Remember the name!” in 2016 T20 WC Final, which match is associated with the quote “By the barest of margin”?

7. Against which team was the first ever ODI double hundred scored?

8. Complete the sequence: MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, …….., MS Dhoni. Hint: More members of this list are George Bailey, Steve Smith and Hardik Pandya.

9. Player X was at the non-striker end when Virat Kohli scored his first ODI century. Player Y was at at the non-striker end when Virat Kohli scored his record-breaking 50th ODI century. Interestingly, in one of the IPL seasons, X handed over captaincy of team Z midway to Y. Identify X, Y,Z.

10. Ending with 2024 trivia: Phoebe Litchfield holds this distinction for the year 2024. Who held this distinction in 2022 and 2023?

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