The 2007 T20 Cricket World Cup Quiz

The 2007 T20 World Cup or the World T20 2007 as it was popularly called back then was the first ever of its kind and it changed the narrative of the game of cricket. Below is a cricket quiz that centres around the 2007 T20 World Cup.

The answers to this quiz can be found on another page linked below, so you don’t have to worry about reading it by mistake. Here we go with the questions.

1. The 10 Test-playing nations at that time got a direct entry into the 2007 T20 World Cup. Which were the other two teams who made it through the qualifiers?
   1. Scotland & Netherlands
   2. Scotland & Kenya
   3. Kenya & Canada
   4. Canada & Ireland
2. What happened during the 2007 T20 World Cup tournament in case the match ended in a tie?
   1. A Bowl-Out to decide the winner
   2. A Super Over to decide the winner
   3. A rematch of five overs each to decide the winner
   4. Both teams got one point each
3. How many venues were used in South Africa to host all the matches of this competition?
   1. 3
   2. 4
   3. 5
   4. 6
4. Till before the start of this tournament, the highest T20I batting second in a successful chase was 173/5. Which team broke this record on the opening day of the 2007 T20 World Cup by chasing down 205?
   1. India
   2. West Indies
   3. South Africa
   4. Australia
5. Who was the main Indian coach in this tournament?
   1. Robin Singh
   2. Venkatesh Prasad
   3. Paras Mhambrey
   4. Lalchand Rajput
6. Shoaib Akhtar was supposed to be a part of the Pakistan squad for this tournament but in the end it was Sohail Tanvir who made it to the squad in place for him. Why didn’t Akhtar play?
   1. He was suspended for hitting Mohammad Asif in a dressing room incident
   2. He was banned for taking drugs
   3. He injured his finger while cutting meat in the kitchen
   4. He retired from white ball cricket
7. Which of the following players did not play in England’s T20 World Cup debut match against Zimbabwe?
   1. Darren Maddy
   2. James Anderson
   3. Chris Schofield
   4. Ravi Bopara
8. Who finished the tournament as the highest run-scorer?
   1. Matthew Hayden
   2. Gautam Gambhir
   3. Misbah ul Haq
   4. Kevin Pietersen
9. Who was India’s best bowler in this tournament in terms of wickets taken?
   1. S Sreesanth
   2. RP Singh
   3. Harbhajan Singh
   4. Irfan Pathan
10. Which of the following players was in one of the squads but did not play a single match, only to go on to win the T20 World Cup two times in his career?
    1. Kevin Pietersen
    2. Luke Wright
    3. Darren Sammy
    4. Dwayne Smith
11. When Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes in a Stuart Broad over, which player top-scored in that encounter?
    1. Yuvraj Singh
    2. Rohit Sharma
    3. Gautam Gambhir
    4. Virender Sehwag
12. Going into their mid-match break of their final Super Eight match of the tournament, what did the hosts South Africa need to qualify for the semifinal?
    1. They needed to win with more than six overs to spare
    2. They could lose by up to 27 runs and still qualify
    3. They were already through to the semifinals
    4. They had already been knocked out
13. How many five-wicket hauls were taken in this tournament?
    1. 0
    2. 1
    3. 2
    4. 3
14. Joginder Sharma entered the cricketing folklore by dismissing Misbah-ul-Haq in the 20th over of the final to help India lift the title. How many more international wickets did he take in his career?
    1. 0
    2. 15
    3. 30
    4. 55
15. What was eerily similar between Zimbabwe’s first match in the ODI World Cup in 1983 and their opening encounter in the T20 World Cup in 2007?
    1. Duncan Fletcher was the captain in the former and the coach in the latter
    2. Zimbabwe shocked Australia in both those matches
    3. Kevin Curran bagged a three-fer in 1983 and his son Sam did the same in 2007
    4. 2007 Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor was born in 1983 on the same day that Zimbabwe made their debut v Australia
16. Umar Gul, Stuart Clark and RP Singh finished the top wicket-takers list in this tournament ahead of this bowler but he still won the man-of-the-tournament award. Who is he?
    1. Shoaib Malik
    2. Irfan Pathan
    3. Shahid Afridi
    4. Shaun Pollock
17. Which all-rounder finished with the most runs for Bangladesh in this tournament but did not bowl a single delivery?
    1. Mashrafe Mortaza
    2. Mohammad Ashraful
    3. Alok Kapali
    4. Aftab Ahmed
18. Shahid Afridi was the sixth wicket to fall in Pakistan’s group stage game against India leaving them to score how many runs off the remaining 14 balls?
    1. 8
    2. 16
    3. 28
    4. 39
19. Why was Billy Bowden not included as a part of the umpiring panel that stood in this tournament?
    1. It was deemed his signalling would be too distracting for the spectators
    2. He had retired from the game
    3. He had been suspended from cricket after the 2007 ODI World Cup
    4. He had suffered an injury while umpiring in a domestic match
20. Chris Gayle was the only player in the 2007 T20 World Cup to ___________.
    1. Pick up a hat-trick
    2. Score a century
    3. Hit 12 sixes in a game
    4. Make successive ducks in two matches

Get the answers to this T20 World Cup 2007 Quiz here.

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