Left-Handed Batters in Indian Cricket
Did you know that 19.6% of runs in men’s international cricket for India have been scored by left-handed batsmen? Take this quiz and test your knowledge on Indian left-handers.
Suresh Raina was the first Indian batsman to score a T20I century. Which team did he score that hundred against?
Suresh Raina became the first Indian batsman to hit a T20I century during India’s 2010 World T20 match against South Africa in Gros Islet.
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Who, among the following players, batted and bowled left-handed?
Ashish Nehra and Zaheer Khan were right-handed batsmen while Robin Singh was a right-arm medium pacer.
Ashish Nehra
Robin Singh
Sunil Joshi
Zaheer Khan
In Tests, it’s common knowledge that Virender Sehwag has the highest score for India. Who, among Indian left-handers, has the highest?
Sourav Ganguly scored 239 against Pakistan in Bengaluru in 2007.
Ajit Wadekar
Gautam Gambhir
Sourav Ganguly
Vinod Kambli
India began playing ODIs in the 1970s and even won the World Cup in 1983, but the first ODI hundred by an Indian left-hander was scored only in 1992. True or false?
The first left-hander to score an ODI hundred for India was WV Raman (against South Africa in Centurion in 1992).
True
False
Among Indian left-handers, Sourav Ganguly is at the top when it comes to having made the most international centuries (38). Who is second?
Shikhar Dhawan has hit 24 hundreds in international cricket. Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh and Suresh Raina have 20, 17 and 7 international tons respectively.
Gautam Gambhir
Shikhar Dhawan
Suresh Raina
Yuvraj Singh
In a Ranji Trophy semi-final match against Karnataka, which right-handed batsman from Mumbai once batted left-handed to counter left-arm spin?
Sunil Gavaskar batted left-handed to counter the left-arm spin of Raghuram Bhat.
Dilip Vengsarkar
Ravi Shastri
Sachin Tendulkar
Sunil Gavaskar
During the 2017 Women’s World Cup, which team did Smriti Mandhana score a century against?
Smriti Mandhana scored a match-winning 106* against West Indies in Taunton.
Australia
England
New Zealand
West Indies
Who, among the following left-handers, was part of India’s 2003 World Cup squad?
Dinesh Mongia played in all 11 of India’s matches at the 2003 World Cup.
Amay Khurasiya
Dinesh Mongia
Hemang Badani
Sridharan Sriram
During India’s tour of England in 2018, Rishabh Pant became the first Indian batsman to get off the mark in a Test career with a six. At which stadium did he make his debut?
Rishabh Pant hit a six off the second delivery he faced and would go on to score 24 in his first Test innings.
Edgbaston, Birmingham
Rose Bowl, Southampton
The Oval, London
Trent Bridge, Nottingham
During the 2019-20 season, the top run-getter in both the Vijay Hazare Trophy and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was a left-hander. Who?
Devdutt Padikkal scored 609 runs in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and 580 runs in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Abhinav Mukund
Devdutt Padikkal
Parthiv Patel
Yashasvi Jaiswal
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