Cricket quiz questions and answers-January 1, 2022
Cricket fans may take the Gkquickfacts.com team’s quiz below to test their knowledge of the cricketing world, the International Cricket, and other cricket formats and topics.
1- Who will lead Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh states respectively in the upcoming Ranji Trophy season?
2- Who was India’s skipper when they won the Under-19 World Cup in 2018?
3- Which sports star cricketer son has been included in the Mumbai Ranji Trophy squad?
4- Who were the top-scorers for India against South Africa in the first Test of the three-match series, at SuperSport Park in Centurion?
5- Who asked his team to play for pride now after beaten so badly in the third Ashes Test?
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6- Which was England’s lowest total on Australian soil since 1904?
7-U-19 Asia Cup game between which nations were cancelled after two officials tested COVID-19 positive?
8- Which Indian cricketer has been nominated for the ICC Men’s Test Player of the Year 2021 award?
9- Other than Indian, who have also been nominated for the Test Player of the Year 2021 award?
10- Who was the most successful bowler for India against South Africa in the first Test of the three-match series, at SuperSport Park in Centurion?
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11- Who became the fastest Indian wicketkeeper to make a record of 100 dismissals during the first Test against South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion?
12- MS Dhoni leads the Indian tally with how many dismissals ahead of Syed Kirmani’s 198 dismissals?
13- Mohammed Shami achieved the milestone of claiming 200 Test wickets in his 55th test match after removing whose wisket?
14- Name the Indian bowlers who took more than 200 wickets so far in the International career.
15-Who defeated whom by an innings and 14 runs to take a 3-0 lead in the five-Test series and retain the Ashes.
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16- Who became Jasprit Bumrah’s 100th Test victim in overseas conditions?
17- Where and when Bumrah made his Test debut?
18- Why the 2021 has been an eventful year for Virat Kohli?
19- Which New Zealand player has announced to retire from the longest format of the game following the upcoming series against Bangladesh?
20- Who is the head coach of the England cricket team?
ANSWERS-
1-Opener Prithvi Shaw and left-arm spinner Kuldeep Yadav.
2-Prithvi Shaw
3-Arjun Tendulkar, the son of legendary Sachin Tendulkar.
4- The top-scorers for India were KL Rahul (123 off 260) and Ajinkya Rahane (48 off 102).
5- England Test captain Joe Root
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6-The 68 runs.
7-Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
8-Ravichandran Ashwin
9-England captain Joe Root, New Zealand’s all-rounder Kylie Jamieson and Sri Lanka’s Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne.
10-Mohammed Shami was the most successful bowler as he claimed five wickets conceding 44 runs.
11-Rishabh Pant. The 24-year old Pant broke the record that was jointly shared by former India captain MS Dhoni and Wriddhiman Saha.
- Pant has achieved the feat at his 26th Test which came at the SuperSport Park.
12-294 dismissals.
- So far dismissals made by Kiran More are 130 followed by Nayan Mongia (107), and Wriddhiman Saha (104).
13-Mohammed Shami achieved the feat by taking the wicket of Kagiso Rabada on Day 3 of the Ist Test being played against South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion.
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14- The Indian bowlers who took more than 200 wickets are Kapil Dev (434), Ishant Sharma (311), Zaheer Khan (311), and Javagal Srinath (236).
- Kapil Dev took 434 wickets in 227 innings
- Zaheer Khan took 311 wickets in 165 innings
Ishant Sharma claimed 311 wickets in 185 innings
Javagal Srinath took 236 wickets in 121 innings
Mohd Shami claimed 200 wickets in 103 innings
15-Australia defeated England
16- Van der Dussen of South Africa became Bumrah’s 100th Test victim in the first Test between India ans SA played at the SuperSport Park in Centurion.
17- Jasprit Bumrah made his Test debut in South Africa in 2018.
18- Because Kohli has decided to quit India’s T20I captaincy. It was followed by his removal as ODI skipper.
19-Ross Taylor. He is known as the New Zealand’s most successful Test batter.
20-Chris Silverwood
SOURCE: Various Online Genuine Materials(Edited)