Indian Cricket GK Questions And Answers: World Cup, T20, IPL

Last Updated: 27 March 2024

Are you a Cricket fan?

Because I’m a fan too, but do you know who controls the Indian Men’s National Cricket Team?

Well, you have heard of it, it’s the Board of Control for Cricket in India shortly known as BCCI that governs Team India.

Today you’ll learn many fascinating facts about the Indian Cricket Team, its History, Players, Stadium, Nicknames, Wins, Captains, and many more. Read all the Indian Cricket GK Questions And Answers to learn new facts and enjoy asking others.

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India National Cricket Team At A Glance

No.	Header	Details
1	Nickname	Men in Blue
2	Association	Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
3	Test Captain	Rohit Sharma
4	One Day Captain	Rohit Sharma
5	Test Status Acquired	1931
6	ICC Status	Full Member (1926)
7	ICC Region	Asia
8	Team Manager	Girish Dongre
9	Head Coach	Rahul Dravid
10	Batting Coach	Vikram Rathour
11	Bowling Coach	Paras Mhambrey
12	Selection Chairman	Chetan Sharma
13	ICC Rankings	Current Test: 2^nd ODI: 3^rd T20I: 1^st Best-Ever Test: 1^st (1^st Apr 1973) ODI: 1^st (1^st Dec 1994) T20I: 1^st (28^th Mar 2014)
14	Tests	First Test: India vs. England (25–28 Jun 1932) Last Test: India vs. England (1–5 July 2022)
15	One Day Internationals	First ODI: India vs. England (13 July 1974) Last ODI: India vs. South Africa (11 Oct 2022)
16	Twenty20 Internationals	First T20I: India vs. South Africa (1 Dec 2006) Last T20I: India vs. New Zealand (20 Nov 2022)

Indian Cricket GK Questions And Answers

1. When did India play its First Test Match?

Answer: 25 June 1932

2. Who was the First Batsman ever to score a century for India in Test Cricket?

Answer: Lala Amarnath Bharadwaj (1933)

3. How many times did India win the Cricket World Cup?

Answer: 2 Times

4. Which Year did India win the Cricket World Cup?

Answer: 1983 and 2011

5. Who won the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013?

Answer: India

6. How many times did India go up to the Semi-Final of ICC World Cup?

Answer: Four Times (1987, 1996, 2015, 2019)

7. How many teams participated in the ICC World Cup 2019?

Answer: 10 (Ten)

8. Which Countries participated in ICC World Cup 2019?

Answer:
1) England
2) Afghanistan
3) South Africa
4) New Zealand
5) Australia
6) Pakistan
7) Sri Lanka
8) West Indies
9) Bangladesh
10) India

9. Full form of ODI?

Answer: One Day International

10. Which Cricket Team has won the most ICC Cricket World Cups?

Answer: Australia (5 Times)

11. Who is known as The God of Cricket?

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

12. Which Cricket Team is known as Men in Blue?

Answer: Indian National Cricket Team

13. What is the name given to an Organized group of Indian Cricket Team Supporters?

Answer: Bharat Army

14. Who is known as Captain Cool?

Answer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

15. Full name of Tendulkar?

Answer: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

16. Who is the Top Wicket Taker in the 2011 Cricket World Cup?

Answer: Zaheer Khan (21)

17. Who is the Top Run Scorer in the 2019 Cricket World Cup?

Answer: Rohit Sharma (648)

18. When was the First International Cricket Match held in India?

Answer: December 1933
Explanation: India-England Test match

19. Which Stadium hosted the First International Match in India?

Answer: Gymkhana Ground (Bombay-1933)

20. Who was the Indian Captain when India won the Cricket World Cup in 1983?

Answer: Kapil Dev

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21. Who was the Indian Captain when India won the Cricket World Cup in 2011?

Answer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

22. Which Cricketer got India’s Highest Civilian Award The Bharat Ratna?

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

23. Who was the Player of the Tournament when India won the World Cup in 2011?

Answer: Yuvraj Singh (362 Runs and 15 wickets)

24. First Indian player to get the Title “Man of the Tournament” in the ICC World Cup?

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar (2003)

25. What is the name of the Award for Top Wicket Take in the ICC World Cup?

Answer: Golden Ball Award

26. What is the name of the Award for Top Run Scorer in the ICC World Cup?

Answer: Golden Bat Award

27. When did the First ICC World Cup take place?

Answer: 1975

28. After how many years does the ICC World Cup take place?

Answer: 4 Years

29. When was Anil Kumble awarded as the Top wicket-Taker in ICC World Cup?

Answer: 1996

30. Who is the Youngest Player in the ICC World Cup 2019?

Answer: Mujeeb Ur Rahman

31. How many times did India host the ICC World Cup Tournament?

Answer: 3 Times (Co-Hosted)

32. Which Country hosted the most ICC World Cup Tournaments?

Answer: England

33. When is the next ICC World Cup?

Answer: 2027

34. Who will host the ICC World Cup in 2027?

Answer: South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Namibia in October and November 2027

35. Who is the present Captain of the Indian Cricket Team?

Answer: Rohit Sharma

36. Who is the present Coach of the Indian Cricket Team?

Answer: Rahul Dravid

37. With which Country did India play its First Test Match?

Answer: England (1932)

38. Which country Played with India in their first ODI?

Answer: England (1974)

39. When did India Appear First in the World Cup?

Answer: 1975

40. Which Indian cricketer won the “Man of the Match” award in the 1983 ICC World Cup?

Answer: Mohinder Amarnath

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41. Name of the First Indian Cricket Club Established by Indians?

Answer: Oriental Cricket Club

42. Full-Form of IPL?

Answer: Indian Premier League

43. Who is the King of IPL?

Answer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

44. Which IPL team has the most Fans?

Answer:
1) Chennai Super Kings
2) Mumbai Indians
3) Kolkata Knight Riders
4) Royal Challengers Bangalore
5) Delhi Daredevils

45. When did the First IPL take place?

Answer: 18 April 2008

46. How many Teams played in the First IPL?

Answer: 8 (Eight)

47. Who won the First IPL in 2008?

Answer: Rajasthan Royals

48. How many Overs are played in IPL?

Answer: 20 Overs

49. How many Overs are played in T20?

Answer: 20 Overs

50. How many Overs are played in ICC World Cup?

Answer: 50 Overs

Coaching Staff Of Indian Cricket Team

#	Position	Name
1	Team Manager	Girish Dongre
2	Head Coach	Rahul Dravid
3	Stand-in Head Coach	VVS Laxman
4	Batting Coach	Vikram Rathour
5	Bowling Coach	Paras Mhambrey
6	Fielding Coach	T Dilip
7	Mental Conditioning Coach	Paddy Upton
8	Physio	Nitin Patel
9	Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach	Soham Desai
10	Video Analyst	Hari Prasad Mohan

51. Runner-Up of First IPL Match?
Answer: Chennai Super Kings

52. Where was the First IPL Tournament played?
Answer: DY Patil Stadium (Mumbai)

53. Who won the most IPLs?
Answer: Mumbai Indians

54. IPL is held after how many years?
Answer: 1 Year

55. Which IPL teams played in 2008?
Answer:
1) Kolkata Knight Riders
2) Royal Challengers Bangalore
3) Kings XI Punjab
4) Delhi Capitals
5) Mumbai Indians

56. Which IPL teams appeared in 2016?
Answer: Rising Pune Supergiant and Gujarat Lions

ICC World Cup Winners

Year	Winner	Runner-Up
1975	West Indies	Australia
1979	West Indies	England
1983	India	West Indies
1987	Australia	England
1992	Pakistan	England
1996	Sri Lanka	Australia
1999	Australia	Pakistan
2003	Australia	India
2007	Australia	Sri Lanka
2011	India	Sri Lanka
2015	Australia	New Zealand
2019	England	New Zealand

57. Who has the most number of Runs in IPL History?
Answer: Virat Kohli (5412 Runs till 2019)

58. Who has the most number of Wickets in IPL History?
Answer: Lasith Malinga

59. Who has the highest Individual Score in IPL History?
Answer: Chris Gayle (RCB)

60. Who has the Most Sixes (overall) in IPL History?
Answer: Chris Gayle

61. Who has the Most Fours (overall) in IPL History?
Answer: Shikhar Dhawan

62. Which Indian Cricket Stadium has the largest Capacity?
Answer: Sardar Patel Stadium (Ahmedabad-1,15,000 Capacity)

63. Which Stadium is used the most for Test Matches and ODIs in India?
Answer: Eden Gardens (Kolkata)

64. Which Stadium is used the most for T20 Matches in India?
Answer: Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium (Nagpur)

65. Which Cricket Stadium was First used in 2018?
Answer: Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium (Dehradun) and Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium (Lucknow)

List Of Active Cricket Stadiums In India

#	Stadium	Capacity	First Used	Tests	ODIs	T20Is	Location
1	Eden Gardens	67,000	1934	41	30	6	Kolkata West Bengal
2	Arun Jaitley Stadium	48,000	1948	34	24	5	Delhi NCT of Delhi
3	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	33,000	1934	34	21	1	Chennai Tamil Nadu
4	Wankhede Stadium	33,000	1975	25	21	6	Mumbai Maharashtra
5	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	40,000	1974	23	25	5	Bangalore Karnataka
6	Green Park	45,000	1952	22	15	1	Kanpur Uttar Pradesh
7	Brabourne Stadium	20,000	1948	18	8	1	Mumbai Maharashtra
8	Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium	28,000	1994	13	24	4	Mohali Punjab
9	Narendra Modi Stadium	132,000	1983	12	23	1	Ahmedabad Gujarat
10	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	45,000	2008	6	8	11	Nagpur Maharashtra
11	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium	55,000	2010	5	6	3	Hyderabad Telangana
12	Barabati Stadium	40,000	1987	2	18	2	Cuttack Odisha
13	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium	28,000	2016	2	2	2	Rajkot Gujarat
14	Holkar Stadium	30,000	2016	1	5	1	Indore Madhya Pradesh
15	Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium	36,000	2016	1	7	1	Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh
16	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium	33,000	2017	1	3	2	Pune Maharashtra
17	JSCA International Stadium	39,133	2017	1	4	2	Ranchi Jharkhand
18	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium	28,000	2017	1	4	8	Dharamshala Himachal Pradesh
19	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	23,185	1987	1	19	—	Jaipur Rajasthan
20	Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground	8,000	2017	0	5	3	Greater Noida Uttar Pradesh
21	Assam Cricket Association Stadium	40,000	2017	0	1	1	Guwahati Assam
22	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium	25,000	2018	0	0	3	Dehradun Uttarakhand
23	Greenfield International Stadium	55,000	2017	0	1	3	Thiruvananthapuram Kerala
24	Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium	50,000	2018	0	0	1	Lucknow Uttara Pradesh

66. Which Indian Captain holds the record for most Test wins?
Answer: Virat Kohli (33)

67. Which is the oldest Cricket Stadium in India?
Answer: Eden Gardens (1864)

68. Which is the Second-Largest Cricket Stadium in India?
Answer: Eden Gardens (Capacity 67,000)

69. Which Country Invented Cricket?
Answer: England

70. How many Full Members are there in ICC that play Test Matches?
Answer: 12 (Twelve)

71. Oldest Test Cricket playing Country in the world?
Answer: England

72. Where is the Headquarters of ICC?
Answer: Dubai

73. When was ICC Established?
Answer: 15 June 1909

74. Who is the Chairman of ICC as of 2024?
Answer: Greg Barclay

75. Who is known as Run Machine in Cricket?
Answer: Virat Kohli

Nicknames of Indian Cricketers

No.	Name	Nickname
1	Virat Kohli	Cheeku
2	MS Dhoni	Mahi
3	Yuvraj Singh	Yuvi
4	Sachin Tendulkar	Master Blaster
5	Harbhajan Singh	Bhajji
6	Rohit Sharma	Hit-Man
7	Kapil Dev	The Haryana Hurricane
8	Virender Sehwag	Viru
9	Zaheer Khan	Zak
10	Sourav Ganguly	Dada
11	Gautam Gambhir	Gauti
12	Rahul Dravid	The Wall
13	Anil Kumble	Jumbo
14	V V S Laxman	Very Very Special
15	Suresh Raina	Sanu
16	Sunil Gavaskar	Little Master

76. Who is the Queen of Cricket?
Answer: Mithali Raj

77. Who is known as Sixer King?
Answer: Yuvraj Singh

78. Who is the most successful Captain in the IPL?
Answer: Rohit Sharma

79. Who hit the Longest Six in History?
Answer: Shahid Afridi (158 m)

80. Who is chosen as the ICC Men’s Cricketer of the year in 2017?
Answer: Virat Kohli

India Test Cricket Records

Most Test Runs For India

#	Player	Runs	Average
1	Sachin Tendulkar	15,921	53.78
2	Rahul Dravid	13,288	52.63
3	Sunil Gavaskar	10,122	51.12
4	VVS Laxman	8,781	45.97
5	Virender Sehwag	8,586	49.34
6	Virat Kohli	8,074	49.53
7	Sourav Ganguly	7,212	42.17
8	Dilip Vengsarkar	6,868	42.13
9	Cheteshwar Pujara	6,792	43.82
10	Mohammad Azharuddin	6,215	45.03

Most Test Wickets For India

#	Player	Wickets	Average
1	Anil Kumble	619	29.65
2	Ravichandran Ashwin	442	24.13
3	Kapil Dev	434	29.64
4	Harbhajan Singh	417	32.46
5	Ishant Sharma	311	32.41
6	Zaheer Khan	311	32.94
7	Bishan Singh Bedi	266	28.71
8	Ravindra Jadeja	242	24.71
9	Bhagwat Chandrasekhar	242	29.74
10	Javagal Srinath	236	30.49

81. Who won 100 matches in the Indian Premier League?
Answer: Mumbai Indians

82. Which players have hit Six Sixes in an over?
Answer:
1) Hazratullah Zazai (2018)
2 Sir Garfield Sobers (1968)
3 Ravi Shastri (1985)
4 Herschelle Gibbs (2007)
5 Yuvraj Singh (2007)
6 Alex Hales (2015)

83. Who hit the longest six in IPL History?
Answer: Albie Morkel

84. When was the India Women’s Cricket Team Established?
Answer: 1976

85. Which National Cricket Team is nicknamed as the Women in Blue?
Answer: India women’s Cricket Team

86. The Last President of the ICC?
Answer: Zaheer Abbas

87. Name of the First Captain of the Indian Cricket Team?
Answer: C.K. Nayudu (1932)

88. Name of the First Captain of the Indian ODI Team?
Answer: Ajit Wadekar (1974)

89. Name of the First Captain of the Indian T20 International Team?
Answer: Virender Sehwag (2006)

90. Which Indian player was sent back home during the 1936 England tour?
Answer: Lala Amarnath Bharadwaj

91. First Indian player to score a Triple Century?
Answer: Virender Sehwag

92. The First Player to complete 10,000 Runs in Test Cricket?
Answer: Sunil Gavaskar

93. The First Player to complete 10,000 Runs in ODI Cricket?
Answer: Sachin

94. The First Bowler to take 10 Wickets in an Innings?
Answer: Anil Kumble

95. Name of the First Women’s Captain of the Indian Cricket Team?
Answer: Shantha Rangaswamy (1976)

India ODI Cricket Records

Most ODI Runs For India

#	Player	Runs	Average
1	Sachin Tendulkar	18,426	50.26
2	Virat Kohli	18,426	57.68
3	Sourav Ganguly	11,221	40.95
4	Rahul Dravid	10,889	39.15
5	MS Dhoni	10,599	50.83
6	Mohammad Azharuddin	9,378	36.92
7	Rohit Sharma	9,376	48.58
8	Yuvraj Singh	8,609	36.47
9	Virender Sehwag	7,995	35.37
10	Shikhar Dhawan	6,647	45.84

Most ODI Wickets For India

#	Player	Wickets	Average
1	Anil Kumble	334	30.83
2	Javagal Srinath	315	28.08
3	Ajit Agarkar	288	27.85
4	Zaheer Khan	269	30.11
5	Harbhajan Singh	265	33.47
6	Kapil Dev	253	27.45
7	Venkatesh Prasad	196	32.30
8	Ravindra Jadeja	189	37.37
9	Irfan Pathan	173	29.72
10	Manoj Prabhakar	157	28.87

96. Name of the First Women’s Captain of the Indian ODI Team?
Answer: Diana Edulji

97. Name of the First Women’s Captain of the Indian T20 International Team?
Answer: Mithali Raj

98. Which stadium was used when India won the ICC World Cup in 2011?
Answer: Wankhede Stadium (Mumbai)

99. Which Country hosted the First ICC World Cup?
Answer: England

100. How many people are on the field when the Cricket Ball is considered Alive?
Answer: 15 (Fifteen)

101. How long was the Longest Test Match in History?
Answer: 9 Days

102. What does LBW stand for?
Answer: Leg Before Wicket

103. Which Cricketer is known as Turbanator?
Answer: Harbhajan Singh Plaha

104. When was Dhoni born?
Answer: 7 July 1981

105. First Female to Umpire in a T20 International Men’s Match?
Answer: Shivani Mishra

106. Deodhar Trophy is related to which sport?
Answer: Cricket

107. Who won the 2019 ICC World Cup?
Answer: England

108. What is the distance between the Popping Crease and the Bowling Crease?
Answer: 4 feet

109. What was the official name of the First Cricket World Cup?
Answer: The Prudential World Cup

110. Who has Umpired in the most Test Matches?
Answer: Aleem Dar

India T20I Cricket Records

Most T20 Runs For India

#	Player	Runs	Average
1	Virat Kohli	3,856	52.82
2	Rohit Sharma	3,794	31.88
3	KL Rahul	2,150	38.39
4	Shikhar Dhawan	1,759	27.92
5	MS Dhoni	1,617	37.60

Most T20 Wickets For India

#	Player	Wickets	Average
1	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	88	22.13
2	Yuzvendra Chahal	85	24.65
3	Jasprit Bumrah	70	20.23
4	Ravichandran Ashwin	68	22.95
5	Hardik Pandya	57	27.85

111. Who is a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) from India?
Answer: Jay Shah

112. Who wore ODI and T20I Shirt No.7?
Answer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

113. When did MS Dhoni announce his retirement from the Test format?
Answer: 30 December 2014

144. When did MS Dhoni announce to retire from all formats of international cricket and continued to play in the IPL?
Answer: 15 August 2020

145. When did Virat Kohli announce to quit as Indian Men’s Cricket Test Captain
Answer: 15 January 2022

146. Who is the head coach of the Indian cricket team?
Answer: Rahul Dravid

147. When did Indian National Cricket Team acquire Test status?
Answer: 1931

148. Since when was the Indian National Cricket Team a full member of the International Cricket Council?
Answer: 30 May 1926

149. Which International ground was the first ground in India to host a full-scale cricket match featuring the Indian cricket team?
Answer: Bombay Gymkhana (1877)

150. Which is the first stadium to host a Test match in India?
Answer: Bombay Gymkhana (1933)

151. Who is the Chairman of the selection committee of the Indian Cricket Team?
Answer: Chetan Sharma

152. Who was the first Head Coach of the Indian Cricket Team?
Answer: Keki Tarapore (1971)

List Of India National Cricket Coaches

No.	Name of Head Coach	Started Contract	Ended Contract	Country
1	Keki Tarapore	1971	1971	India
2	Hemu Adhikari	1971	1974	India
3	Gulabrai Ramchand	1975	1975	India
4	Datta Gaekwad	1978	1978	India
5	Salim Durrani	1980	1981	India
6	Ashok Mankad	1982	1982	India
7	PR Man Singh	1983	1987	India
8	Chandu Borde	1988	1989	India
9	Bishen Singh Bedi	1990	1991	India
(6)	Ashok Mankad	1991	1991	India
10	Abbas Ali Baig	1991	1992	India
11	Ajit Wadekar	1992	1996	India
12	Sandeep Patil	1996	1996	India
13	Madan Lal	1996	1997	India
14	Anshuman Gaekwad	1997	1999	India
15	Kapil Dev	1999	2000	India
16	John Wright	2000	2005	New Zealand
17	Greg Chappell	2005	2007	Australia
18	Ravi Shastri (Interim)	2007	2007	India
(8)	Chandu Borde (Interim)	2007	2007	India
19	Lalchand Rajput	2007	2008	India
20	Gary Kirsten	2008	2011	South Africa
21	Duncan Fletcher	2011	2015	Zimbabwe
(18)	Ravi Shastri	2015	2016	India
22	Sanjay Bangar (Interim)	2016	2016	India
23	Anil Kumble	2016	2017	India
(18)	Ravi Shastri	2017	2021	India
24	Rahul Dravid (Interim)	2021	2021	India
(24)	Rahul Dravid	2021	2023	India
25	VVS Laxman (Interim)	2022	2022	India