World T20 Quiz - Are you smarter than the average Cricket fan?

The World Cup season is here and as usual the bragging rights are up for grabs. Be it among fellow fans, rivals or even among friends. Right from your team winning to your favourite player stepping up at the grandest stage of World Cup and performing, a fan can easily dig up reasons to gloat. But it is not always about the on-field action, is it? So let us have see how many of you can actually brag about knowing-it-all when it comes to T20 World. The answers for each question is given at the end of the article, so test yourself before scrolling down.

2. In which two editions of World T20 did Netherlands defeat England?

4. Who hit the most number of sixes in the 2009 ICC World T20?

5. Who is the bowler who did not get selected for the 2016 edition of T20 World Cup even though he is the highest wicket-taker of his country in World T20s with 30 wickets in 26 matches?

7. Which wicket-keeper has affected the most number of dismissals in all editions of T20 WC so far?

8. When was the first time the Men's and the Women's T20 World Cup were played simultaneously?

10. Which player was sent home from the 2009 World T20 tournament for breaking a number of team rules relating to alcohol and other issues and his international career never resumed after that?

11. Who was the man of the tournament in the third edition of World T20 but unfortunately that turned out to be the last T20I tournament of his career?

13. Who has scored the most ducks across all five editions of World T20s?

14. When was the last time we had a tied match in an edition of World T20? Name the teams which were part of that?

(Also read In Numbers - The Highs and Lows at T20 World Cups)

List of answers –

Sri Lanka have faced defeat twice in the final as they lost to England and then to West Indies in the 2009 and 2012 editions respectively before finally tasting success against India in 2014 when they won the cup as a farewell to legends Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara.

2. Answer: 2009, 2014.

3. Answer: Shane Watson

Despite the fact that Australia did not even make it to the finals of the 2012 World T20, it was Shane Watson who won the Man of the Tournament award for his 249 runs and 11.

Although, India did not replicate their performance from the 2007 edition, one man decided to keep the trend going as Yuvraj Singh continued his six-hitting form into the 2009 edition as he hit 9 sixers which was the maximum in that World Cup.

5. Answer: Stuart Broad 

6. Answer: Imran Tahir (South Africa) and Ahsan Malik (Netherlands) with 12 wickets 

It was not surprising that South Africa’s Imran Tahir was not the highest wicket-taker given the matches happened on Bangladesh pitches, but Dutch star Ahsan Malik certainly raised eyebrows with his remarkable display with the ball.

Although the Pakistani wicket-keeper is not known much for his safe glove-work, Kamran Akmal still tops the list for most dismissals in World T20.

8. Answer: 2009

9. Answer: Ryan Campbell (Australia and Hong Kong), Boyd Rankin (England and Ireland) and Roelof van de Merwe (South Africa and Netherlands) 

Although all the three players played for Australia, England and South Africa respectively, they eventually failed to make it into the first eleven of the team and decided to practice their trait elsewhere.

Controversies and Australian Cricket team have a close bond. Right from Shane Warne failing a drug test during the 2003 World Cup to Symonds getting sent home for his antics, somehow controversies just end up getting into bed with the Aussies.

11. Answer: Kevin Pietersen

12. Answer: 3 (2007, 2009 and 2010 edition)

Out of the 3 editions, the 2010 edition will always remain the most special for every England fan as the Englishmen finally won a major ICC tournament.

Well, this name would certainly have crossed your mind at least once when you read the question. Although Afridi has won a ‘Player of the Tournament’ award at the 2007 T20 World Cup, that is just how Afridi is as a player, hit or miss!

14. Answer: New Zealand vs West Indies in 2012

15. Answer: Bhuvneshwar Kumar

Although this spell was not highlighted much due to the lack of wickets in the spell, Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s spell was a delight to watch as he bowled at an economy ate of just 1 run/over.