India won the WC
Gavaskar became the first player to score 10000 runs in tests
The first flood light game was played at Lords

2. G. H. Hardy, the renowned British mathematician who was a cricket buff, once asked novelist C. P. Snow if a certain Indian player was as good as Aubrey Faulkner and Wilfred Rhodes. Who was this Indian player in question?

Mustaq Ali
Vijay Merchant
Vinoo Mankad

3. Which was the first test series India won against the English team?

1961-62 , against Ted Dexter's team
1971, against Ray Illingworth's team
1963-64, against Mike Smith's team

4. Who, in 1927, at the Bombay Gymkhana Ground, playing for the 'Hindus', hit 11 sixes against the touring MCC team? It was a world record in a first class match at that time.

Lala Amarnath
C. K. Nayudu
C. S. Nayudu

5. Who was the only Indian to score in double figures in India's disastrous 42 all out against England at Lords in 1974?

Syed Abid Ali
M. L. Jaishima
Eknath Solkar

6. Who was the captain of the MCC team that toured India in 1972-73?

Tony Greig
Keith Fletcher
Tony Lewis

7. Who led India in the first two World Cups played in England?

E. A. S. Prasanna
S. Venkatraghavan
S. Gavaskar

8. What landmark did Chetan Sharma reach in the Headingley test against England in 1986?

First Indian to take a test hat trick abroad
First Indian to score a fifty and take 5 wickets in an innings against England
First Indian to take 10 wickets in a test overseas

9. Who was the man-of-the-match in the first test India won against England in England?

Ajit Wadekar
B. S. Chandrasekhar
B. S. Bedi

10. His middle name is Henry. A noted batsman of his time, he was an effective captain both for his county Kent and against India. His name is well known today, however, for a different reason. Who is he?

Tony Greig
Bob Woolmer
Mike Denness

11. Which Indian had this quixotic idea, which he actually executed, of hitting 4 sixes in succession and thus saving the follow on in a test match against England?

Kapil Dev
M. A. K. Pataudi
Atul Bedade

12. Which Indian had to face a lot of flak from the British media for allegedly stealing a pair of socks from a supermarket in England?

Gopal Bose
Sudhir Naik
Ashok Mankad

13. In 1974, when the touring Indian team played the Combined Universities, one non-British Oxford Graduate player left a deep impact on the match. This person went on to become a well-known cricketer. Who was he?

Martin Crowe
Allan Border
Imran Khan

14. Sitter. Who is the only Indian to have scored three centuries at the Lords?

G. R. Vishwanath
D. B. Vengsarkar
S. M. Gavaskar

15. The 1974 tour of England saw the first one dayer being played between the two countries. The first Indian bowler to take a one-day wicket was Eknath Solkar. Who was his victim?

Bill Edrich
Dennis Amiss
Geoff Boycott

16. Sourav Ganguly, celebrated the Nat West Trophy win by ripping off his shirt and dancing round the balcony. When criticised for his action by a section of the press, he said that he was simply paying somebody back in the same coin. Who?

Matthew Hoggard
Andrew Flintoff
Darren Gough

17. Which current English player was awarded the OBE in the year 2001?

Naseer Hussian
Alec Stewart
Marcus Trescothick

18. Sunday Express had a unique headline after India ripped off England in the Nat West Trophy finals. What was it?

Mountain comes to Mohammad
English Lion no match for Bengal Tiger
India lords England

19. People remember Sourav Ganguly's debut 100 against England in 1996. In 1959, another Indian had also started his career with a century in the second innings of his very first test, against England in England, Old Trafford to be precise. Who was this charismatic gentleman?

M. L. Jaishima
Salim Durrani
Abbas Ali Baig

20. Like most celebrity cricketers of his time, Gavaskar also had his stint in the English County. Which county did he play for? Hint: it has also hired greats like Viv Richards and Steve Waugh.

Somerset
Sussex
Surrey

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