Road to IPL: A Cricket Quiz is the first quiz to be completely conducted in online mode, open to all in the college. It was conducted on September, 18 2020, a day before the inauguration of IPL 2020

1. Road to IPL: A Cricket Quiz
Quizmaster: Chinmay Borale, Anish Anand, Sandesh Singh and
Arjun Hurket

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3. This team is always considered as a minnows in
domestic cricket. Till 2010, the team hadn’t won a single
title including Ranji, Vijay Hazare & Syed Mushtaq Ali
Trophy. Even in 2010/11, they were fighting in Ranji’s
‘Plate Group’. Then they made one of the greatest
comeback in the history of sports and won the Ranji
Trophy by defeating Baroda in the final. Till now, they
are the only ‘Plate’ side to lift the trophy.
Identify the team.
Q 1

4. Which feat?
● Chennai Super Kings - 5 times
● Royal Challengers Bangalore - 3 times
● Mumbai Indians - 1 time
● Kings XI Punjab - 1 time
● Sunrisers Hyderabad - 1 time
● Rising Pune Supergiant - 1 time
Q 2

5. X is an all-rounder and the first player to born
after 2000 and play for the national team,
debuting in March, 2018. X was selected for
the Maharashtra under-17 and under-19
hockey teams in the same season. X had also
scored a double century in 50 over cricket
match against Saurashtra in 2017.
Identify X
Q 3

6. Which IPL franchise, founded in
2008, is owned by IndiaWin Sports?
Q 4

7. Five of the U-19 World Cup winning skipper
went to represent their nation in the 2019
edition of the ICC World Cup. Three of them
were part of the team as regular team
member. Two of them were the captain of
their respective side, if one of them is Virat
Kohli, Identify the other player.
Q 5

8. As BCCI has revoked the broadcasting rights
from Zee Entertainment till 2011, it started a T-
20 league in 2007 featuring 6 city based teams.
Seeing the success of the tournament, it was
expanded to 9 city based teams in the next
season, including the two teams based in
Pakistan and Bangladesh. But it was called off
as BCCI was not permitting players to play in the
league. Which tournament?
Q 6

9. Identify
the
Personality
Q 7

10. Which team won the second edition of
Woman’s T20 challenge held in 2019 by BCCI?
Q 8

11. I’m a first class cricketer from Goa.
In IPL I played for 3 years with the Inaugural champions.
I am playing for Goa since 2001-02. I formed a strong
opening partnership with then RSA captain in IPL. I was
the leading run scorer for Goa in 2017-18 Ranji season.
By the end of the tournament I had scored 418 runs
together at an average of 59.71 – the highest of the
tournament. In the seven IPL matches I played, I scored
244 runs at 34.86 with a strike rate of 127.08. Who am I?
Q 9*

12. Q 10 Whose statistics?

13. Connect: (In the context of IPL)
Virender Sehwag
Yuvraj Singh
Sourav Ganguly
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid
Q 11

14. Double centuries aren’t a very unique feat in
the test cricket but it becomes unique if it
comes from the bat of a nightwatchman. But
there is a cricketer who scored a double
century as a nightwatchman. Irony is that he
never played for his team again. Can you tell
us that player?
Q 12

15. We all witnessed a historic test match at
Wankhede stadium in Mumbai in 2013. It was
Sachin Tendulkar’s last match in international
cricket. Surprisingly it also turned out to be
the last int’l match of Indian player X who also
picked 10 wicket haul in that match. Another
surprise is that it also turned out to be the last
test match of a great Indian player Y on Indian
soil. ID X & Y.
Q 13*

16. We all witnessed Instagram live sessions of
cricketers in this quarantine in the months of April
and May. In one such session, Rohit Sharma
revealed why he is called ‘Hitman’ while speaking
with R Ashwin. He said that he got that name in the
famous game X in a flash interview after his
innings. That interviewer told him ‘Man, you played
like a hitman. You are a hitman.' ID that famous
game X.
Q 14

17. X is considered to be one of the most devastating
batsmen in the history of cricket. His knock of Y against
team Z in the inaugural IPL opener would remain as one
of the greatest knocks in the IPL history. It is believed
that it was his knock during the inaugural IPL game that
skyrocketed the ratings for IPL and until now, it remains
an unforgettable moment. X recently said, “You talk
about sliding doors, and moments in your careers and in
lives. That night, my life changed completely in the
space of those three hours or actually, even an hour and
a half.” ID X, Y & Z.
Q 15

18. Q 16 Connect

19. Generally when a player scores more than 700
runs in an IPL season, he gets the Orange cap.
But there is one instance when a player scored
more than 700 runs but couldn’t win the
Orange cap. He had an amazing IPL season but
remained 2nd leading run scorer in that
season. Identify both 1st and 2nd leading run
scorers of that season in respective order.
Q 17

20. In cricket whenever rain comes, a particular method
is used to decide the winner. But this method has
been heavily criticized by many people including
great captains, commentators, retired players etc.
Once MS Dhoni was asked to give his views regarding
this method. That time he said, “Don’t think even ICC
understands this method”. One of the developers of
this method died this year in March at the age of 78.
ID that person. Please give full name of the person.
Q 18*

21. Recently Legendary Pakistan batsman X said that he
was the captain of current Prime Minister Imran Khan
and will join politics to "challenge" him. But he
apologised to Imran Khan after PCB appointed his
nephew as one its head coaches for the domestic
teams. Player X also holds a unique feat in test
cricket. He played as a player in Pakistan’s 100th test,
as a captain in Pakistan’s 200th test match and as a
coach in 300th test match of Pakistan. ID X
Q 19

22. Connect
Q 20

23. Ben Stokes is often compared to Sir Ian Botham due
to many similar things between them. Sir Ian Botham
is one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of
cricket. He holds a unique feat which he achieved for
5 times in test cricket. There are many cricketers who
achieved this feat once. But there are only 5 men
cricketers other than him who achieved that feat 2
times till now. Recent addition in this list is R Ashwin
who achieved this feat for the 2nd time in 2016.
Identify that unique feat.
Q 21

24. X was born in Attock, Pakistan and was interested in
cricket since the childhood as he was a subcontinent
child like all of us. However, he settled in USA and
worked on his cricketing skills there. He made his ODI
debut against Papua New Guinea for the USA. He has
participated in various T20 cricket leagues all over
the world. He recently came in news due to an
incident which turned out to be an unique feat
related to IPL. Identify X and that unique feat related
to IPL.
Q 22

25. X remained unsold in an IPL auction. But he came as a
replacement of Y in the same IPL season as later was
injured during the IPL. That was the beginning of the most
genuine connections between a team and its fans. The
innings against his former team where he announced his
arrival signalled the beginning of a new chapter in team Z’s
history. He single handedly took his team to IPL final that
year but he couldn’t perform in the final and got out for a
duck and his team lost eventually. Also he went on to
become the Orange cap holder of that season. ID X,Y,Z.
Q 23*

26. The ACA VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam is
the only IPL venue to have ever been the
home ground to four franchises which
includes Deccan Chargers (2012), Sunrisers
Hyderabad (2015), Rising Pune Supergiant
(2016) and Mumbai Indians (2016). Other than
this stadium, there are other 3 stadiums which
have been the home ground to three IPL
franchises. Can you guess those stadiums?
Q 24

27. I am one of the greatest all-rounders of cricket. Me
and my country’s teammate got highest bids in
2009 edition of IPL. But I could play only 3 matches
for CSK that year and had to return home due to
injury. I was seen as the greatest all-rounders the
game has ever seen but I couldn’t play much due
to injuries. Many cricket lovers connect me with
Yuvraj Singh and Sourav Ganguly due to some
events. Who am I?
Q 25

28. X and Y are considered as finest captains in
international cricket. In IPL both X and Y were
leading two different sides and the funny thing
about it was that the colors of their jerseys were
swapped in IPL i.e. if X wore A and Y wore B color
jersey in international cricket then X wore B and Y
wore A color jersey in IPL.
Identify X and Y
Q 26

29. What is the infamous feat achieved by these
teams only:
● The three lions
● The black caps
● The lions
Q 27*

30. X made a record of best figures by a bowler in an IPL
game. He set this record in IPL’s inaugural edition
which stood for almost 11 years. It was broken by Y in
his IPL debut match. He came as a replacement for
an injured player for the team Z. Surprisingly he
played only 3 matches that season and took wickets
in that match only in which he broke X’s record. Team
Z released him in the next season and surprisingly he
remained unsold in the next season. ID X,Y,Z.
Q 28

31. I am a former Indian first class cricketer. I spent over 20
years playing for Bombay and is the team's highest wicket
taker of all time. I was unlucky not to be selected for the
Indian Test side because my career coincided with that of
Bishan Bedi. My emergence coincided with that of the
maverick Bishan Singh Bedi who was equally skilled and
had plenty of variations in his armoury. Indian national
team at that time already had three world class spinners.
Hence, only one spot was left for another spinner and Bedi
was given the first preference. My best bowling figures
came in the final of the Ranji Trophy in 1972-73. Who am I?
Q 29*

32. Recently S Badrinath, a former CSK player
revealed that CSK’s team management
wanted to sign player X as its captain but that
player chose to sign for team Y as it was his
home team. Then came the auctions, and they
saw who was the better player, and before
that India won the 2007 World T20. And only
then did they decide to sign Dhoni. ID X & Y.
Q 30

34. ANSWERS

35. This team is always considered as a minnows in
domestic cricket. Till 2010, the team hadn’t won a single
title including Ranji, Vijay Hazare & Syed Mushtaq Ali
Trophy. Even in 2010/11, they were fighting in Ranji’s
‘Plate Group’. Then they made one of the greatest
comeback in the history of sports and won the Ranji
Trophy by defeating Baroda in the final. Till now, they
are the only ‘Plate’ side to lift the trophy.
Identify the team.
Q 1

37. Answer
Rajasthan Cricket Team

38. Which feat?
● Chennai Super Kings - 5 times
● Royal Challengers Bangalore - 3 times
● Mumbai Indians - 1 time
● Kings XI Punjab - 1 time
● Sunrisers Hyderabad - 1 time
● Rising Pune Supergiant - 1 time
Q 2

39. Answer
Runner Up in IPL

40. X is an all-rounder and the first player to born
after 2000 and play for the national team,
debuting in March, 2018. X was selected for
the Maharashtra under-17 and under-19
hockey teams in the same season. X had also
scored a double century in 50 over cricket
match against Saurashtra in 2017.
Identify X
Q 3

42. Answer
Jemimah Rodrigues

43. Which IPL franchise, founded in
2008, is owned by IndiaWin Sports?
Q 4

44. Answer
Mumbai Indians

45. Five of the U-19 World Cup winning skipper
went to represent their nation in the 2019
edition of the ICC World Cup. Three of them
were part of the team as regular team
member. Two of them were the captain of
their respective side, if one of them is Virat
Kohli, Identify the other player.
Q 5

47. Answer
Sarfaraz Ahmed

48. As BCCI has revoked the broadcasting rights
from Zee Entertainment till 2011, it started a T-
20 league in 2007 featuring 6 city based teams.
Seeing the success of the tournament, it was
expanded to 9 city based teams in the next
season, including the two teams based in
Pakistan and Bangladesh. But it was called off
as BCCI was not permitting players to play in the
league. Which tournament?
Q 6

49. Answer
Indian Cricket League ( ICL)

50. Identify
the
Personality
Q 7

52. Answer
Auctioneer of IPL 2019 and 2020
Hugh Edmeades

53. Which team won the second edition of
Woman’s T20 challenge held in 2019 by BCCI?
Q 8

54. Answer
Team Supernova

55. I’m a first class cricketer from Goa.
In IPL I played for 3 years with the Inaugural champions.
I am playing for Goa since 2001-02. I formed a strong
opening partnership with then RSA captain in IPL. I was
the leading run scorer for Goa in 2017-18 Ranji season.
By the end of the tournament I had scored 418 runs
together at an average of 59.71 – the highest of the
tournament. In the seven IPL matches I played, I scored
244 runs at 34.86 with a strike rate of 127.08. Who am I?
Q 9*

57. Answer
Swapnil Asnodkar

58. Q 10 Whose statistics?

59. Answer
Brian Lara

60. Connect: (In the context of IPL)
Virender Sehwag
Yuvraj Singh
Sourav Ganguly
Sachin Tendulkar
Rahul Dravid
Q 11

61. Answer
Q
These all played as the icon players for their respective home
teams
P.S.: VVS Laxman isn’t there in spite of playing for Deccan chargers
as he rejected the offer of icon player.

62. Double centuries aren’t a very unique feat in
the test cricket but it becomes unique if it
comes from the bat of a nightwatchman. But
there is a cricketer who scored a double
century as a nightwatchman. Irony is that he
never played for his team again. Can you tell
us that player?
Q 12

64. Answer
Q
Jason Gillespie
He scored 201* in the 2nd test against Bangladesh
in 2006. But it proved to be his last test innings as
he was dropped due to his poor bowling
performances.

65. We all witnessed a historic test match at
Wankhede stadium in Mumbai in 2013. It was
Sachin Tendulkar’s last match in international
cricket. Surprisingly it also turned out to be
the last int’l match of Indian player X who also
picked 10 wicket haul in that match. Another
surprise is that it also turned out to be the last
test match of a great Indian player Y on Indian
soil. ID X & Y.
Q 13*

67. Answer
Q
X: Pragyan Ojha
Y: MS Dhoni

68. We all witnessed Instagram live sessions of
cricketers in this quarantine in the months of April
and May. In one such session, Rohit Sharma
revealed why he is called ‘Hitman’ while speaking
with R Ashwin. He said that he got that name in the
famous game X in a flash interview after his
innings. That interviewer told him ‘Man, you played
like a hitman. You are a hitman.' ID that famous
game X.
Q 14

69. Answer
Q
X: 209* vs Australia in Bengaluru

70. X is considered to be the most devastating batsmen in
the history of cricket. His knock of Y against team Z in
the inaugural IPL opener would remain as one of the
greatest knocks in the IPL history. It is believed that it
was his knock during the inaugural IPL game that
skyrocketed the ratings for IPL and until now, it remains
an unforgettable moment. He also broke the record of
the fastest test century in his last test match.
ID X, Y & Z.
Q 15

71. Answer
X: Brendon Mccullum
Y: 158*
Z: Royal Challengers Bangalore

72. Q 16 Connect

73. Answer
Viv Richards

74. Generally when a player scores more than 700
runs in an IPL season, he gets the Orange cap.
But there is one instance when a player scored
more than 700 runs but couldn’t win the
Orange cap. He had an amazing IPL season but
remained 2nd leading run scorer in that
season. Identify both 1st and 2nd leading run
scorers of that season in respective order.
Q 17

76. Answer
Q
1st: Virat Kohli
2nd: David Warner

77. In cricket whenever rain comes, a particular method
is used to decide the winner. But this method has
been heavily criticized by many people including
great captains, commentators, retired players etc.
Once MS Dhoni was asked to give his views regarding
this method. That time he said, “Don’t think even ICC
understands this method”. One of the developers of
this method died this year in March at the age of 78.
ID that person. Please give full name of the person.
Q 18*

79. Answer
Q
Tony Lewis
The method is Duckworth-Lewis method (D/L).
The method was devised by two English statisticians, Frank
Duckworth and Tony Lewis, and was formerly known as the
Duckworth–Lewis method (D/L).

80. Recently Legendary Pakistan batsman X said that he
was the captain of current Prime Minister Imran Khan
and will join politics to "challenge" him. But he
apologised to Imran Khan after PCB appointed his
nephew as one its head coaches for the domestic
teams. Player X also holds a unique feat in test
cricket. He played as a player in Pakistan’s 100th test,
as a captain in Pakistan’s 200th test match and as a
coach in 300th test match of Pakistan. ID X
Q 19

81. Answer
Q
Javed Miandad

82. Connect
Q 20

84. Answer
Q
Cricketers after whose name/surname there is a city
1. Washington Sundar
2. Hamilton Masakadza
3. Joel Paris
4. Bhuvaneshwar Kumar

85. Ben Stokes is often compared to Sir Ian Botham due
to many similar things between them. Sir Ian Botham
is one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of
cricket. He holds a unique feat which he achieved for
5 times in test cricket. There are many cricketers who
achieved this feat once. But there are only 5 men
cricketers other than him who achieved that feat 2
times till now. Recent addition in this list is R Ashwin
who achieved this feat for the 2nd time in 2016.
Identify that unique feat.
Q 21

86. Answer
Q
Century and a 5 wicket haul in the same test match
5 players are Sir Garry Sobers, Mushtaq Mohammad, J Kallis,
Shakib Al Hasan and R Ashwin

87. X was born in Attock, Pakistan and was interested in
cricket since the childhood as he was a subcontinent
child like all of us. However, he settled in USA and
worked on his cricketing skills there. He made his ODI
debut against Papua New Guinea for the USA. He has
participated in various T20 cricket leagues all over
the world. He recently came in news due to an
incident which turned out to be an unique feat
related to IPL. Identify X and that unique feat related
to IPL.
Q 22

88. Answer
Q
X: Ali Khan
Y: First american cricketer to play in IPL
He has been signed by KKR as a replacement of Harry Gurney and
thus became first american cricketer to play in IPL

89. X remained unsold in an IPL auction. But he came as a
replacement of Y in the same IPL season as later was
injured during the IPL. That was the beginning of the most
genuine connections between a team and its fans. The
innings against his former team where he announced his
arrival signalled the beginning of a new chapter in team Z’s
history. He single handedly took his team to IPL final that
year but he couldn’t perform in the final and got out for a
duck and his team lost eventually. Also he went on to
become the Orange cap holder of that season. ID X,Y,Z.
Q 23*

91. Answer
Q
X: Chris Gayle
Y: Dirk Nannes
Z: RCB

92. The ACA VDCA Stadium in Visakhapatnam is
the only IPL venue to have ever been the
home ground to four franchises which
includes Deccan Chargers (2012), Sunrisers
Hyderabad (2015), Rising Pune Supergiant
(2016) and Mumbai Indians (2016). Other than
this stadium, there are other 3 stadiums which
have been the home ground to three IPL
franchises. Can you guess those stadiums?
Q 24

93. Answer
Q
1. D.Y. Patil stadium, Mumbai
2. MCA stadium, Pune
3. Barabati stadium, Cuttack

94. I am one of the greatest all-rounders of cricket. Me
and my country’s teammate got highest bids in
2009 edition of IPL. But I could play only 3 matches
for CSK that year and had to return home due to
injury. I was seen as the greatest all-rounders the
game has ever seen but I couldn’t play much due
to injuries. Many cricket lovers connect me with
Yuvraj Singh and Sourav Ganguly due to some
events. Who am I?
Q 25

95. Answer
Q
Andrew Flintoff

96. X and Y are considered as finest captains in
international cricket. In IPL both X and Y were
leading two different sides and the funny thing
about it was that the colors of their jerseys were
swapped in IPL i.e. if X wore A and Y wore B color
jersey in international cricket then X wore B and Y
wore A color jersey in IPL.
Identify X and Y
Q 26

98. Answer
Ms Dhoni ( CSK)
Ricky Ponting (Mumbai Indians)

99. What is the infamous feat achieved by these
teams only:
● The three lions
● The black caps
● The lions
Q 27*

100. Answer
Q
All three teams lost in two consecutive world cup finals
● England (1987 & 1992)
● Sri Lanka (2007 & 2011)
● New Zealand (2015 & 2019)

101. X made a record of best figures by a bowler in an IPL
game. He set this record in IPL’s inaugural edition
which stood for almost 11 years. It was broken by Y in
his IPL debut match. He came as a replacement for
an injured player for the team Z. Surprisingly he
played only 3 matches that season and took wickets
in that match only in which he broke X’s record. Team
Z released him in the next season and surprisingly he
remained unsold in the next season. ID X,Y,Z.
Q 28

102. Answer
Q
X: Sohail Tanvir
Y: Alzarri Joseph
Z: Mumbai Indians

103. I am a former Indian first class cricketer. I spent over 20
years playing for Bombay and is the team's highest wicket
taker of all time. I was unlucky not to be selected for the
Indian Test side because my career coincided with that of
Bishan Bedi. My emergence coincided with that of the
maverick Bishan Singh Bedi who was equally skilled and
had plenty of variations in his armoury. Indian national
team at that time already had three world class spinners.
Hence, only one spot was left for another spinner and Bedi
was given the first preference. My best bowling figures
came in the final of the Ranji Trophy in 1972-73. Who am I?
Q 29*

104. Answer
Q
Padmakar Shivalkar

105. Recently S Badrinath, a former CSK player
revealed that CSK’s team management
wanted to sign player X as its captain but that
player chose to sign for team Y as it was his
home team. Then came the auctions, and they
saw who was the better player, and before
that India won the 2007 World T20. And only
then did they decide to sign Dhoni. ID X & Y.
Q 30

107. Answer
Q
X: Virender Sehwag
Y: Delhi Daredevils

108. Some Bonus Questions

109. The first and so far the only instance of a
batsman getting out to a same bowler-fielder
combination four time in a row was in a series
in 2011. The bowler and fielder were Chris
Martin and Martin Guptill respectively. Who
was the batsman, one who played his last
international match against Pakistan in Abu
Dhabi in October, 2014?
Q

110. Answer
Phil Hughes

111. Connect:
Wriddhiman Saha
Shane Watson
(In the context of IPL)
Q

112. Answer
Century in IPL Final

113. Virat Kohli had a dream run in IPL 2016. He
scored 973 runs at an average of 81.08 and
strike rate of 152.03. That season he ended up
with 4 centuries and 7 fifties to his name. He
ultimately became the Orange cap holder in
that season. Other than him there are only 4
players who have scored more than 700 runs
in a single IPL season. Tell the names of those
4 players.
Q

114. Answer
● Chris Gayle
● Michael Hussey
● David Warner
● Kane Williamson