#IPL Quiz
We are adding 13 questions on IPL to #IndiaGyanKaBhandar to make #IndiaKnowledgeKaSuperpower, with one from each season, arranged chronologically.
To answer them, please retweet and quote your answers there. You may RT individual questions as well. Enjoy!
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2008
Which cricketer was CSK’s preferred choice for the role of skipper whose decision to represent the city he was brought up ultimately resulted in MS Dhoni being roped in as the most expensive player in the inaugural edition?
2009
Brendon McCullum scored a mammoth unbeaten 158 runs in the very first match of the first ever IPL. However, in the very next year, who became the first Indian to score a century in IPL?
2010
Which fellow teammate’s century did Shane Warne describe as the best innings he had ever seen in his 21 year career?
2011
Which franchise, after drawing a lot of flak for its initial name 'Indi Commandos', underwent an elephantine change through a poll in which the final name was selected?
2012
In a match against Rajasthan Royals in Jaipur, AB de Villers was adjudged the Man of the Match. He made an incredible gesture by presenting it to a bowler who took 4 wickets in that match.
Who?
2013
In his farewell match, which unlikely bowler entered record books with an economy and average of zero and a strike rate of one?
2014
Only three Indians have won the Orange Cap till date. If Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli are two of them, who is the third?
2015
In a match against RCB at Chinnaswamy stadium, which player was seen with a tape placed on his mouth, after being interrupted by the umpire from initiating a conversation with Chris Gayle in the previous over?
2016
The award that is currently known as the ‘Emerging Player of the Year’ has been won by an Indian player in all the seasons save one. Who won it in 2016?
Hint: You need not go too far.
2017
In the history of the IPL, who is the first and only person till date to pick a hat-trick on his debut?
2018
Which batsman holds the record of scoring the fastest fifty till date, off just 14 balls, getting to the mark in the third over of his team’s innings?
2019
In an incident that became a subject of umpteen discussions, whom did Ravichandran Ashwin dismiss by the rare method of ‘Mankading’?
2020
Although born and raised in Pakistan, Ali Khan is set to become the first player from which country to play in the IPL?
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