Cricket Objective Questions Sport General Knowledge

A: Cricket is a sport that involves two teams playing with a bat and ball on a field. The field has a rectangular pitch at its center.

A: Cricket is played between two teams.

A: The objective of the batting team in cricket is to protect the wicket and score as many runs as possible.

A: The objective of the bowling and fielding team in cricket is to dismiss the batsmen and restrict the scoring of runs by the batting team.

A: In cricket, a batsman scores a run by hitting the ball with the bat, running to the opposite end of the pitch, and touching the crease without being dismissed.

A: Teams switch between batting and fielding at the end of an inning in cricket.

A: The game of cricket originated in the southeastern part of England and became popular in the second half of the seventeenth century.

A: Cricket became an international game with the formation of the Imperial Cricket Conference (I.C.C) in 1909.

A: The first Limited Over International cricket match was played in 1971 at Melbourne.

Ans. Imperial Cricket Conference.

A: The first T20 international match between men’s teams was played on February 17, 2005, between Australia and New Zealand.

A: The first T20 World Cup was held in South Africa in 2007.

A: India won the first edition of the T20 World Cup.

A: The Indian Cricket Control Board came into being towards the end of 1928.

A: The national championship for the Ranji Trophy began in 1935.

A: India played its first official Test match against England in 1932.

A: In cricket, hitting a boundary allows the batsman to score either 4 or 6 runs. If the ball touches the ground and crosses the boundary, it is considered a four. If the ball crosses the boundary without touching the ground, it is considered a six.

A: According to cricket rules, once a boundary (4 or 6) has been scored, any runs physically scored by running between the wickets are null and void.

A: Other ways runs can be scored in cricket include no balls, wide balls, byes, and leg byes.

– Bowled
– Caught
– LBW (Leg Before Wicket)
– Run Out
– Stumped
– Hit Wicket
– Handled the Ball
– Obstructing the Field

A: The twelfth man in cricket is a reserve player who can only be utilized as a fielder. They are not allowed to bowl, bat, keep wickets, or captain the team.

A: Two umpires are placed on the playing field in a cricket match.

A: Yes, there is a third umpire off the field in cricket matches. The third umpire in cricket is responsible for video decisions. When the call is too close for the on-field umpires, they refer it to the third umpire, who reviews slow-motion video replays to make a decision.

A: The function of the wicket keeper in cricket is to stop deliveries that the batsman is unable to play or those that pass by the batsman.

Ans. Sachin Tendulkar.

Ans. West Indie failed to qualify for World Cup 2023 after lost the qualifier match to Scotland.