From school quiz competitions, to the pub, to office league competitions, general knowledge quizzes have always been a popular means of entertainment plus information. So much so, that general knowledge quiz shows have been a staple of television since the days of Mastermind, Ask The Family, and University Challenge, to the prime time favorite, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. …

Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu (31 October 1895 – 14 November 1967) was an Indian cricketer who served as India’s first Test captain. A solid batsman, Nayudu was known for his ability as a hard hitter of the ball. He was the first cricketer to be honoured with the Padma Bhushan. Nayudu originally spoke Telugu, but he grew up in Nagpur and …

India played its first ODI in 1974, under the captaincy of Ajit Wadekar. Ajit Wadekar has played only 2 ODI matches. Ajit Wadekar, born on 1st April 1941, in Mumbai, of India, was a dauntleess left-hand batsman. He had featured in the Indian team as well as in the domestic first-class cricket for the Mumbai cricket squad. It was the …

Paul Valthaty is the player of Kings XI Punjab who gave outstanding performance in the Indian Premier League against champions Chennai Super Kings. Paul Valthaty made 120 runs in 63 balls in 2011 IPL 4 and Kings XI Punjab defeated Chennai Super Kings by six wickets on Wednesday, 13th April, 2011 at Mohali, and this century is his first fastest …

In 2008, Lalit Modi was instrumental in launching the Indian Premier League (IPL), a league based around Twenty20 cricket, where each team is limited to batting for a maximum of 20 overs. he also engineered the Indian Premier League’s move to South Africa in 2009 after the dates of the tournament clashed with the Indian general election and the Union …

Wahab Riaz is a Pakistani cricketer. A left-arm fast bowler and a right-hand batsman, he is considered to be a bowling all-rounder. He is a former student of Islamia College, Civil Lines, Lahore. He made his international debut in a One Day International against Zimbabwe in 2008, taking two and he played one more ODI against Bangladesh shortly after, taking …

Twenty20, or T20, now the rage in the cricketing world, started as a gimmick in 2003 to get county spectators back to English stadiums. It was Stuart Robertson and John Carr who were tasked by the England and Wales Cricket Board to revive a sport which was losing eyeballs rapidly. The two, after market research, realized that a 50-over game …

RG Nadkarni, popularly known as ‘Bapu’ Nadkarni, had a bowling analysis of 29-26-3-0 on day 3 of the first test between India and England at Madras in January 1964 and bowled 21 maidens in a row. Nadkarni’s final figures were an amazing 32-27-5-0. There are a few websites which claim that he actually bowled 23 successive maidens, however the records …

Twenty20 was first played in English domestic cricket in 2003, between England and Wales Cricket Board. The first international Twenty20 match was played between Australia and New Zealand, on February 17, 2005. Australia defeated New Zealand by 44 runs.

In cricket, if a batsman is out for no score in both innings of a Test match, he is said to have scored a ‘pair’ or a ‘spectacle’. When a batsman is out for a duck in both innings – on the very first ball – in each innings, it is termed an ‘Emperor Pair’ or ‘King Spectacles’. The record …