Thursday, July 21, 2011

Quiz 46 | India V England Test Match Special Quiz

1.Douglas Jardine captained England in their first Test against India at Lord's in 1932. Where was he born?



2.Apart from Jardine, Who is the only other Indian-born English captain to lead against the land of his birth?



3.Who is the only cricketer to have represented both India and England?



4.What is the highest score in India/England Test matches?



5.Who dropped Graham Gooch in the above innings when he was on 36?



6.Where did Sachin Tendulkar score his maiden Test century?



7.What was unique in Alec Bedser's career, both against India in 1946?



8.Who scored the first century for India in Test cricket?



9.What is the worst start to a Test Innings?



10.Why is the 1952 Lord's Test known as 'Mankad's Match'?



11.What were the three records set by Yajurvendra Singh against England at Bangalore in 1977?



12.Who is the highest wicket taker in a series for India against England?



13.Who is the only Indian bowler to take 10 wickets or more in a Test on English soil?



14.Which Indian cricketer has made the maximum number of tours to England before the current series?



15.Who were the two captains for the 1980 Golden Jubilee Test match held in Bombay?



16.Who was the English batsman recalled by the Indian captain after being given out in the above Test?



17.Which was the only Test match in which Indian fielded their four spinners Bishan Bedi, S. Venkataraghavan. EAS Prasanna and BS Chandrasekhar?



18.In which year did Mansur Ali Khan, the Nawab of Padaudi jr. lead India to England?



19.Who was the Indian captain when India won a Test match for the first time in 1952?



20.Name the Indian opening pair who had century status at Old Trafford 10 years apart, both in 1936 and 1946?



21.Who are the only two Indian captains to lead the side in more than one series in England?



22.What was unique about the batting averages of the two sides in the 1971 India/England series?



23.Who was the English batsmen who was dropped for slow batting after scoring 246 not out in the first Test at Headingley in 1967?



24.Who is the only visiting batsman to score three Test centuries at Lord's?



25.When was the only occasion in which India whitewashed England in a series?



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