1. Who had the best bowling figures when England defeated Australia by six wickets in 1979?
Answer : Geoff Boycott ( 6-0-15-2 )
2. Who is the only player to be on the losing side in three Finals?
Answer : Graham Gooch of England in 1979,1987 and 1992
3. Who captained Australia in 1979 and 1983?
Answer : Kim Hughes
4. Name the bowler who was hit for six from the final ball of the innings by Viv Richards in the 1979 final.
Answer : Mike Hendrick
5. What are the highest individual score in the 1979 World Cup?
Answer : 138 not out by Viv Richards Vs England in the final.
6. Who took most wickets in the 1983 world cup?
Answer : India's Roger Binny with 18
7. Who was Man of the Match when India defeated the West Indies in their opening match at Old Trafford in 1983?
Answer : Yashpal Sharma
8. What fielding rule was introduced for the first time in 1983?
Answer : A fielding circle- Actually an Oval - 30 yards from the stumps with four fielders within it at all times.
9. Who was the first player to be Man of the Match in both the semis and final?
Answer : Mohinder Amarnath
10. Who was the only batsman out for zero in the 1983 final between India and the West Indies?
Answer : Kriti Azad
11. Who was the first wicket-keeper to captain his country in the world cup?
Answer : Canada's Bryan Mauricette in 1979
12. A player named Chappell participated in the 1979 world cup, but he was not a member of the famous Australian family. Name him?
Answer : Chris Chappell of Canada
13. Why did Australia send a second-string team to the 1979 world cup?
Answer : Their top players were contracted to Kerry Packer's rebel WSC
14. Who was the highest wicket-taker in the 1979 world cup?
Answer : England's Mike Hendrick with 10 wickets.
15. Which was the first world cup to have a qualifying tournament for minor nations?
Answer : The 1979 Inagural ICC Trophy won by Sri Lanka.
16. Name the four West Indians who played in all three finals of 1975,'79 and '83?
Answer : Clive Lloyd, Andy Roberts, Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards.
17. Who was the first Indian to score an ODI Century?
Answer : Kapil Dev, 175 not out Vs Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells in 1983
18. Who is the only one among the three Australian Chappell brothers to score a century in the world cuo?
Answer : Trevor against India in 1983
19. Which country took part in the World Cup for the first time in 1983?
Answer : Zimbabwe
20. How many players have Captained their nation in three successive World Cups?
Answer : Four , Clive Lloyd ( West Indies ), Imran Khan (Pakistan), Mohammad Azharuddin (India), Ricky Pointing (Australia)
21. Name the three Australians who played in both the 1975 and 1983 World Cups?
Answer : Jeff Thomson,Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh
22. Who was Man of the Match when Zimbabwe shocked Australia in the 1983 World Cup?
Answer : Duncan Fletcher
23. Who hit the winning runs when India defeated England in the 1983 semifinals?
Answer : Sandip Patil
24. Who won the award for best wicket-keeper in the 1983 world cup?
Answer : Syed Kirmani
25. Who took the wicket of Ian Botham in the 1983 semifinal between India and England?
Answer : Kirti Azad
26.Who were the rival captains when India and Pakistan first meet in a Test match in Delhi in 1952?
Answer : Lala Amarnath (India) and Abdul Hafeez Kardar (Pakistan)
27.Who scored the first century for Pakistan against India?
Answer : Nazar Mohammad with 124 in the second Test at Lucknow, 1952
28.Who scored the first century for India against Pakistan?
Answer : Vijay Hazare (146 not out) and Polly Umrigar (102) scored centuries in the same innings in the third test at Bombay in 1952
29.What is the name of Nazar Mohammad's who also opened the batting for Pakistan?
Answer : Mudassar Nazar
30.What was the venue for India's first Test Match on Pakistan soil in 1955?
Answer : Dhaka, then East Pakistan
31.What is the highest individual score in India/Pakistan Test Matches?
Answer : 309 by Virender Sehwag at Multan in 2004
32.Who was the first Pakistan captain to win a test series on Indian soil?
Answer : Imran Khan in 1987
33.The first Indian captain to win on Pakistan soil?
Answer : Sourav Ganguly in 2004
34.When and where did India and Pakistan meet for the first time in an ODI?
Answer : At Quetta in 1978
35.Who made their Test Debuts for India and Pakistan in the first Test at Karachi in 1989?
Answer : Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Younis
36.Who is the highest wicket taker in India-Pakistan Test matches?
Answer : Kapil Dev with 99 wickets
37.Who was the final victim of Anil Kumble when he claimed 10 for 74 in an innings against Pakistan in New Delhi in 1999?
Answer : Wasim Akram
38.Whose wickets with consecutive deliveries did Shoaib Akhtar claim in the Asian Test championship match at Kolkata in 1999?
Answer : Rahul Dravid and Sacin Tendulkar
39.What was unique about Irfan Pathan's hat-trick at Karachi in 2006?
Answer : He took in the first over of the match
40.How many times have India beaten Pakistan in the world cup?
Answer : All four times they have meet in 1992,1996,1999 and 2003.
41.Who is the only bowler to take a hat-trick in India/Pakistan ODIs?
Answer : Aaqid Javed at Sharjah,1991
42.What is the highest individual score in India/Pakistan ODIs?
Answer : 194 by Saeed Anwar at Chennai, 1997
43.What is the highest score by a wicket keeper in India/Pakistan ODIs?
Answer : 148 by MS Dhoni at Visakhapatnam, 2005
44.What are the best bowling figures in India/Pakistan ODIs?
Answer : 7-37 by Aaqib Javed at Sharjah, 1991
45.What is the smallest successfully defended score in an India/Pakistan ODI?
Answer : India were all out for 125 and dismissed Pakistan for 87 to win by 38 runs at Sharjah in 1985
46.Who was the Man of the Match when India beat Pakistan in the final of the Benson and Hedges world campionship of cricket at Melbourne in 1985?
Answer : K. Srikkanth with 67
47.Who top scored for India in the famous Austral-Asia final at Sharjah in 1986 in which Javed Miandad hit the last ball for six?
Answer : Sunil Gavaskar with 92
48.Who was the first Indian batsman to score an ODI century on Pakistan soil?
Answer : Sachin Tendulkar
49.What was the result of the group match between India and Pakistan in the first world Twenty20 at Durban in 2007?
Answer : The match ended in a tie and India won 3-0 on the now-defunct 'bowl-out' method
50.Who bowled the final over of the world Twenty20 final at Johannesburg in 2007?
Answer : Joginder Sharma
Answer : Geoff Boycott ( 6-0-15-2 )
2. Who is the only player to be on the losing side in three Finals?
Answer : Graham Gooch of England in 1979,1987 and 1992
3. Who captained Australia in 1979 and 1983?
Answer : Kim Hughes
4. Name the bowler who was hit for six from the final ball of the innings by Viv Richards in the 1979 final.
Answer : Mike Hendrick
5. What are the highest individual score in the 1979 World Cup?
Answer : 138 not out by Viv Richards Vs England in the final.
6. Who took most wickets in the 1983 world cup?
Answer : India's Roger Binny with 18
7. Who was Man of the Match when India defeated the West Indies in their opening match at Old Trafford in 1983?
Answer : Yashpal Sharma
8. What fielding rule was introduced for the first time in 1983?
Answer : A fielding circle- Actually an Oval - 30 yards from the stumps with four fielders within it at all times.
9. Who was the first player to be Man of the Match in both the semis and final?
Answer : Mohinder Amarnath
10. Who was the only batsman out for zero in the 1983 final between India and the West Indies?
Answer : Kriti Azad
11. Who was the first wicket-keeper to captain his country in the world cup?
Answer : Canada's Bryan Mauricette in 1979
12. A player named Chappell participated in the 1979 world cup, but he was not a member of the famous Australian family. Name him?
Answer : Chris Chappell of Canada
13. Why did Australia send a second-string team to the 1979 world cup?
Answer : Their top players were contracted to Kerry Packer's rebel WSC
14. Who was the highest wicket-taker in the 1979 world cup?
Answer : England's Mike Hendrick with 10 wickets.
15. Which was the first world cup to have a qualifying tournament for minor nations?
Answer : The 1979 Inagural ICC Trophy won by Sri Lanka.
16. Name the four West Indians who played in all three finals of 1975,'79 and '83?
Answer : Clive Lloyd, Andy Roberts, Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards.
17. Who was the first Indian to score an ODI Century?
Answer : Kapil Dev, 175 not out Vs Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells in 1983
18. Who is the only one among the three Australian Chappell brothers to score a century in the world cuo?
Answer : Trevor against India in 1983
19. Which country took part in the World Cup for the first time in 1983?
Answer : Zimbabwe
20. How many players have Captained their nation in three successive World Cups?
Answer : Four , Clive Lloyd ( West Indies ), Imran Khan (Pakistan), Mohammad Azharuddin (India), Ricky Pointing (Australia)
21. Name the three Australians who played in both the 1975 and 1983 World Cups?
Answer : Jeff Thomson,Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh
22. Who was Man of the Match when Zimbabwe shocked Australia in the 1983 World Cup?
Answer : Duncan Fletcher
23. Who hit the winning runs when India defeated England in the 1983 semifinals?
Answer : Sandip Patil
24. Who won the award for best wicket-keeper in the 1983 world cup?
Answer : Syed Kirmani
25. Who took the wicket of Ian Botham in the 1983 semifinal between India and England?
Answer : Kirti Azad
26.Who were the rival captains when India and Pakistan first meet in a Test match in Delhi in 1952?
Answer : Lala Amarnath (India) and Abdul Hafeez Kardar (Pakistan)
27.Who scored the first century for Pakistan against India?
Answer : Nazar Mohammad with 124 in the second Test at Lucknow, 1952
28.Who scored the first century for India against Pakistan?
Answer : Vijay Hazare (146 not out) and Polly Umrigar (102) scored centuries in the same innings in the third test at Bombay in 1952
29.What is the name of Nazar Mohammad's who also opened the batting for Pakistan?
Answer : Mudassar Nazar
30.What was the venue for India's first Test Match on Pakistan soil in 1955?
Answer : Dhaka, then East Pakistan
31.What is the highest individual score in India/Pakistan Test Matches?
Answer : 309 by Virender Sehwag at Multan in 2004
32.Who was the first Pakistan captain to win a test series on Indian soil?
Answer : Imran Khan in 1987
33.The first Indian captain to win on Pakistan soil?
Answer : Sourav Ganguly in 2004
34.When and where did India and Pakistan meet for the first time in an ODI?
Answer : At Quetta in 1978
35.Who made their Test Debuts for India and Pakistan in the first Test at Karachi in 1989?
Answer : Sachin Tendulkar and Waqar Younis
36.Who is the highest wicket taker in India-Pakistan Test matches?
Answer : Kapil Dev with 99 wickets
37.Who was the final victim of Anil Kumble when he claimed 10 for 74 in an innings against Pakistan in New Delhi in 1999?
Answer : Wasim Akram
38.Whose wickets with consecutive deliveries did Shoaib Akhtar claim in the Asian Test championship match at Kolkata in 1999?
Answer : Rahul Dravid and Sacin Tendulkar
39.What was unique about Irfan Pathan's hat-trick at Karachi in 2006?
Answer : He took in the first over of the match
40.How many times have India beaten Pakistan in the world cup?
Answer : All four times they have meet in 1992,1996,1999 and 2003.
41.Who is the only bowler to take a hat-trick in India/Pakistan ODIs?
Answer : Aaqid Javed at Sharjah,1991
42.What is the highest individual score in India/Pakistan ODIs?
Answer : 194 by Saeed Anwar at Chennai, 1997
43.What is the highest score by a wicket keeper in India/Pakistan ODIs?
Answer : 148 by MS Dhoni at Visakhapatnam, 2005
44.What are the best bowling figures in India/Pakistan ODIs?
Answer : 7-37 by Aaqib Javed at Sharjah, 1991
45.What is the smallest successfully defended score in an India/Pakistan ODI?
Answer : India were all out for 125 and dismissed Pakistan for 87 to win by 38 runs at Sharjah in 1985
46.Who was the Man of the Match when India beat Pakistan in the final of the Benson and Hedges world campionship of cricket at Melbourne in 1985?
Answer : K. Srikkanth with 67
47.Who top scored for India in the famous Austral-Asia final at Sharjah in 1986 in which Javed Miandad hit the last ball for six?
Answer : Sunil Gavaskar with 92
48.Who was the first Indian batsman to score an ODI century on Pakistan soil?
Answer : Sachin Tendulkar
49.What was the result of the group match between India and Pakistan in the first world Twenty20 at Durban in 2007?
Answer : The match ended in a tie and India won 3-0 on the now-defunct 'bowl-out' method
50.Who bowled the final over of the world Twenty20 final at Johannesburg in 2007?
Answer : Joginder Sharma