THE YEAR 2021 - QUIZ
Did you know? Akila Dhananjaya bagged a hat-trick and got hit for six sixes in one over in the same T20I against West Indies in Coolidge in March 2021.
There have been two debutants in Tests, who have been substituted due to concussion, Kevin Kasuza of Zimbabwe was the first in 2020, who was it in 2021?
Solozano in the first test against Sri Lanka in Galle, was hit while fielding at Short Leg and was stretchered off. Shai Hope came in as his replacement.
Praveen Jayawickrama (SL)
Tabish Khan (PAK)
Syed Shirzad (AFG)
Jeremy Solozano (WI)
India, in January 2021, became the first Asian team and the first team in 33 years to beat Australia at Gabba in Tests. Which team was the last to achieve this feat before India?
West Indies led by Sir Viv Richards in 1988 was the last team that defeated Australia in Gabba.
New Zealand
West Indies
England
South Africa
Mohammad Rizwan became the first batsman in a calendar year to score 1000 T20I runs. Whose record did he break?
Stirling in the year 2019 had scored 748 runs with eight 50+ scores, the highest then. Please note, Babar Azam in 2021 scored 939 runs.
Babar Azam
Kevin O’Brian
Virat Kohli
Paul Stirling
Kieron Pollard in T20Is and ________ in ODIs in 2021 were the two new entries in international cricket to hit six sixes in an over. Who was the other person?
Jaskaran Malhotra of USA smashed all six balls of the 50th over against Papua New Guinea’s Gaudi Toka over the fence.
Jaskaran Malhotra
Shreyas Iyer
Michael Leask
George Munsey
How many hattricks were bagged in the 2021 T20 World Cup?
The 2021 T20 World Cup witnessed three hattricks. Curtis Campher (vs NED), Wanindu Hasaranga (vs SA) and Kagiso Rabada (vs ENG).
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Devon Conway scored a double hundred against England in June 2021. Conway became only the second opener in Test history to score a double hundred on Test debut. Who was the first to achieve this feat?
Sri Lanka's Brendon Kuruppu scored an unbeaten 201 in his debut Test against New Zealand in 1987.
Lawrence Rowe
WG Grace
Brendon Kuruppu
Matthew Hayden
Mohammed Shami's 4/76 in the WTC final are the best figures for an Indian in an ICC Final. Whose record did he break?
Mohinder Amarnath's 3/12 at Lord's in the 1983 World Cup final were the best bowling figures for an Indian in an ICC final.
Irfan Pathan
RP Singh
Venkatesh Prasad
Mohinder Amarnath
Which batsman smashed Harshal Patel for 37 runs in an over in IPL 2021?
Ravindra Jadeja scored 37 off the last over of the CSK innings against RCB in IPL 2021. The sequence of the over read - 6 6 6Nb 6 2 6 4. Jadeja equaled the record for most runs scored in an IPL over.
Ruturaj Gaikwad
KL Rahul
Eoin Morgan
Ravindra Jadeja
Complete the sequence: Mohammad Yousuf, Sir Vivian Richards, __________.
Joe Root became only the third player to score 1700+ runs in a calendar year. Root amassed 1708 runs in 2021. Yousuf scored 1788 in 2006 and Sir Viv Richards scored 1710 in 1976.
Joe Root
Sachin Tendulkar
Michael Clarke
Graeme Smith
In the year 2021, which of these Test playing nations played the most ODI matches?
Sri Lanka played 15 ODIs in the year 2021, which is the most. Ireland played 14, the next best
Ireland
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
England
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