Trivia Friday Challenge! 🎬💛🏏 "Grit vs Flair"

🏏 England vs India Cricket Quiz 

 

🏆 Easy Questions 

 

1. When did India first defeat England in a Test match? 

 

A) 1952 

B) 1932 

C) 1961 

D) 1947 

 

2. Who scored a famous 203 at Chennai in 2008 in a successful chase against England? 

 

A) Sachin Tendulkar 

B) Virender Sehwag 

C) Rahul Dravid 

D) Yuvraj Singh 

 

3. Which Indian bowler took 6 wickets at Lord’s in 2021, helping secure a dramatic Test win? 

 

A) Mohammed Shami 

B) Jasprit Bumrah 

C) Mohammed Siraj 

D) Ishant Sharma 

 

4. Which English player scored a triple century (303) against India in a Test match? 

 

A) Alastair Cook 

B) Kevin Pietersen 

C) Graham Gooch 

D) Andy Sandham 

 

5. Where did India beat England in the final of the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy? 

 

A) The Oval 

B) Lord’s 

C) Edgbaston 

D) Old Trafford 

 

🧤 Medium Questions 

 

6. Who hit 6 sixes in an over off Stuart Broad during the 2007 T20 World Cup? 

 

A) MS Dhoni 

B) Yuvraj Singh 

C) Virender Sehwag 

D) Robin Uthappa 

 

7. Which English bowler dismissed Sachin Tendulkar the most in international cricket? 

 

A) James Anderson 

B) Graeme Swann 

C) Andrew Flintoff 

D) Monty Panesar 

 

8. Who captained England during the 2021 Test series in India? 

 

A) Ben Stokes 

B) Joe Root 

C) Eoin Morgan 

D) Rory Burns 

 

9. What was the result of the 2021 India vs England Test series in India? 

 

A) India won 4–0 

B) India won 3–1 

C) Drawn 2–2 

D) England won 2–1 

 

10. How many times have India and England met in an ICC World Cup final (ODI or T20)? 

 

A) 0 

B) 1 

C) 2 

D) 3 

 

 

Who was the Indian captain during their famous Test series win in England in 2007? 

 

A) Rahul Dravid 

B) Anil Kumble 

C) Sourav Ganguly 

D) MS Dhoni 

 

Who took a hat-trick for England against India during the 2019 World Cup? 

 

A) Chris Woakes 

B) Jofra Archer 

C) Ben Stokes 

D) No one 

 

In the 2018 Test at Trent Bridge, which Indian player scored a century in the first innings, helping India secure a rare away win against England? 

 

A) Virat Kohli 

B) Ajinkya Rahane 

C) KL Rahul 

D) Cheteshwar Pujara 

 

Which Indian batter scored a double century in England in the 2022 Test series (rescheduled fifth Test)? 

 

A) Rishabh Pant 

B) Virat Kohli 

C) Cheteshwar Pujara 

D) No Indian scored a double century 

 

Who was England’s top run-scorer in the 2016 Test series in India? 

 

A) Joe Root 

B) Ben Stokes 

C) Jonny Bairstow 

D) Alastair Cook 

 

Which Indian spinner took 32 wickets in the 2021 home Test series against England? 

 

A) Axar Patel 

B) Ravindra Jadeja 

C) Ravichandran Ashwin 

D) Kuldeep Yadav 

 

What was India’s highest successful run chase in ODIs against England as of 2025? 

 

A) 325 

B) 350 

C) 364 

D) 387 

 

Which England player famously said “the pitch looks like the surface of Mars” during the 2021 series in India? 

 

A) Joe Root 

B) Ben Stokes 

C) Moeen Ali 

D) Michael Vaughan 

 

Which Indian debutant took a five-wicket haul in Ahmedabad against England in 2021? 

 

A) T Natarajan 

B) Axar Patel 

C) Washington Sundar 

D) Shardul Thakur 

 

Who smashed the fastest fifty for India in T20Is vs England (as of July 2025)? 

 

A) Rishabh Pant 

B) Suryakumar Yadav 

C) KL Rahul 

D) Yuvraj Singh