Sports MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option B.
The odd name of the popping crease refers to the early history of the game of cricket, when batsmen used to have to ‘pop’ their bats into a small hole that was located in the middle of the crease for a run to count. For a player to run a batsman out, he had to pop the ball into the hole before the bat was grounded in it.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
VVS Laxman was played his debut match against Zimbabwe on April 9, 1998 at Cuttack. Unfortunately he was out for leg before by Mbangwa for 0. Azharuddin and Jadeja both scored 100s and India won the match by 32 runs.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Sunil Gavaskar played his last ODI in Mumbai in 1987 and then retired.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Sehwag made his debut against Pakistan on April 1, 1999 at Chandigarh. That is not a good day for Sehwag. He was dismissed for 1 run and go for 35 runs in his 3 overs. Pakistan won the match by 7 wickets.

✅ The correct answer is option D.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Agarkar’s entry into international cricket was with an avalanche of wickets that made him the fastest to 50 in ODIs.

✅ The correct answer is option A.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Javagal Srinath played his last ODI match against Australia in the World Cup 2003.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
In that match, not only Kapil Dev and Surinder Amarnath made their ODI debuts but also Chetan Chauhan played his debut match.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Sourav Ganguly made his debut against West Indies at Brisbane and scored 3 runs. (India dismissed for 191 in 48.3 overs). West Indies won the match by 6 wickets.