Fifteen for the room, IPL, India, and the wider game. Hard but gettable. Show of hands, then we reveal.
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Question 1 of 15
Who scored the first men's double century in ODI history?
ASourav Ganguly✓
BSachin Tendulkar✓
CVirender Sehwag✓
DRohit Sharma✓
Sachin Tendulkar, 200 not out against South Africa at Gwalior in 2010. The first man to a double hundred in a 50-over game.
Question 2 of 15
What is the highest individual score by an Indian in Test cricket?
AKarun Nair, 303 not out✓
BVVS Laxman, 281✓
CVirender Sehwag, 319✓
DSunil Gavaskar, 236 not out✓
Virender Sehwag, 319 against South Africa at Chennai in 2008. He got there in a blur, off just 304 balls.
Question 3 of 15
MS Dhoni's winning six in the 2011 World Cup final was hit off which bowler?
ALasith Malinga✓
BNuwan Kulasekara✓
CRangana Herath✓
DThisara Perera✓
Nuwan Kulasekara. Dhoni sent it over long-on, and Ravi Shastri's call did the rest.
Question 4 of 15
Who holds the record for most runs in a single IPL season?
AChris Gayle✓
BKL Rahul✓
CVirat Kohli✓
DDavid Warner✓
Virat Kohli, 973 runs in IPL 2016, with four centuries. No one has come close since.
Question 5 of 15
Who blazed 158 not out in the very first IPL match in 2008?
ABrendon McCullum✓
BChris Gayle✓
CGautam Gambhir✓
DVirender Sehwag✓
Brendon McCullum for Kolkata against Bangalore. The innings that told everyone the IPL was going to be something else.
Question 6 of 15
Who took the first hat-trick in IPL history?
AHarbhajan Singh✓
BLakshmipathy Balaji✓
CLasith Malinga✓
DDwayne Bravo✓
Lakshmipathy Balaji, for Chennai against Kings XI Punjab in the 2008 season.
Question 7 of 15
Who was the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in Test cricket?
AKapil Dev✓
BAnil Kumble✓
CHarbhajan Singh✓
DIrfan Pathan✓
Harbhajan Singh, at Eden Gardens against Australia in 2001. Ponting, Gilchrist and Warne, three in three. Irfan Pathan got one later, so he's the tempting wrong answer.
Question 8 of 15
Anil Kumble took all 10 wickets in a Test innings against which team?
AAustralia✓
BEngland✓
CPakistan✓
DSouth Africa✓
Pakistan, at Delhi in 1999. Ten for 74, only the second bowler ever to take all ten in an innings.
Question 9 of 15
Who bowled the final over for India in the 2007 T20 World Cup final against Pakistan?
AJoginder Sharma✓
BRP Singh✓
CSreesanth✓
DHarbhajan Singh✓
Joginder Sharma. Misbah's scoop went straight to Sreesanth, and India won the first T20 World Cup.
Question 10 of 15
Who holds the record for the fastest century in IPL history?
AAB de Villiers✓
BChris Gayle✓
CYusuf Pathan✓
DRishabh Pant✓
Chris Gayle, a 30-ball hundred against Pune Warriors in 2013, on his way to 175 not out.
Question 11 of 15
Who is the all-time leading wicket-taker in the IPL?
ADwayne Bravo✓
BBhuvneshwar Kumar✓
CYuzvendra Chahal✓
DLasith Malinga✓
Yuzvendra Chahal, who went past Dwayne Bravo's tally to lead the list.
Question 12 of 15
Who captained India in its very first men's T20 International, back in 2006?
AMS Dhoni✓
BRahul Dravid✓
CVirender Sehwag✓
DYuvraj Singh✓
Virender Sehwag led India in that first T20I against South Africa. Dhoni's captaincy came at the 2007 World Cup.
Question 13 of 15
Who was the first Asian captain to win a Test series in Australia?
ASourav Ganguly✓
BMS Dhoni✓
CMohammad Azharuddin✓
DVirat Kohli✓
Virat Kohli, on the 2018-19 tour. India had never won a Test series in Australia before that.
Question 14 of 15
Which Indian holds the record for the most catches by a fielder in Test cricket?
ARahul Dravid✓
BSachin Tendulkar✓
CVVS Laxman✓
DSunil Gavaskar✓
Rahul Dravid, with 210 Test catches, most of them at slip.
Question 15 of 15
In the famous 2001 Kolkata Test, VVS Laxman made 281. Who partnered him in that match-turning stand?
ASourav Ganguly✓
BRahul Dravid✓
CSachin Tendulkar✓
DVirender Sehwag✓
Rahul Dravid, 180 in a 376-run partnership that helped India win after following on against Australia.