The 2014 T20 Cricket World Cup Quiz

Sri Lanka finally won their maiden T20 World Cup in 2014 after having had their chances previously. This cricket quiz below consists of some googlies and wrong ‘uns from the 2014 T20 World Cup that you might want to try and hit out of the ground.

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 format for this tournament was changed for this 2014 edition. What was different?
   1. There was a main round followed by a knock-out stage
   2. Teams started at different stages in the tournament with the second round followed by knock-outs
   3. 24 teams participated in the tournament for the first time
   4. It was an all-knock-out competition
2. Which of these teams qualified for the Super 10 round of the 2014 T20 World Cup?
   1. Zimbabwe
   2. Ireland
   3. Nepal
   4. Bangladesh
3. Which of the following surprise results took place in the tournament?
   1. Hong Kong defeated Bangladesh
   2. Netherlands beat Zimbabwe
   3. UAE overcame Zimbabwe
   4. Netherlands crushed Sri Lanka
4. Which bowler, who had earlier represented New Zealand in the U19 cricket and basketball World Cup, grabbed 3/9 from two overs to help beat England and then slammed 30 runs in a Super Over against West Indies in 2023?
   1. Mark Chapman
   2. Logan van Beek
   3. Ben Cooper
   4. Jade Dernbach
5. Pakistan went into their final group stage game needing to beat this team to make it to the semifinals but were bowled out for 82. Whom were they playing against?
   1. Australia
   2. Bangladesh
   3. India
   4. West Indies
6. Which was the only team to defeat Sri Lanka in the 2014 T20 World Cup?
   1. South Africa
   2. England
   3. New Zealand
   4. Netherlands
7. What bizarre incident happened in the tournament that purportedly led to a change in fortunes for the Sri Lankan team?
   1. Chandimal was sacked from captaincy in the middle of the tournament
   2. Sri Lanka brought in Mahela Jayawardene for an injured Malinga after having not picked him in the squad earlier
   3. Senanayake was called for chucking that led to an even more united Sri Lankan team
   4. Aravinda de Silva was roped in as a batting consultant after three successive batting failures
8. Which of these players was in the Netherlands squad after having made his domestic T20 debut in South Africa, before signing up with Sussex and then played international cricket for New Zealand?
   1. Pieter Seelar
   2. Peter Borren
   3. Tom Cooper
   4. Michael Rippon
9. Australia picked three wrist spinners in their squad for this tournament. Brad Hogg and Cameron White were two of them. Who was the third?
   1. Stuart MacGill
   2. Steven Smith
   3. James Muirhead
   4. Bryce McGain
10. We all know that Yuvraj Singh struggled to get going in the final, ending with 11 runs from 21 balls. Yuvraj and Virat Kohli aside, how much did the other batsmen score for India?
    1. 36 off 41
    2. 55 off 50
    3. 65 off 50
    4. 8o off 75
11. Who finished this edition of the T20 World Cup with the most runs?
    1. Rohit Sharma
    2. Virat Kohli
    3. JP Duminy
    4. Alex Hales
12. Two bowlers grabbed the most wickets in this tournament – one was Dutchman Ahsan Malik, who was the other?
    1. Samuel Badree
    2. R Ashwin
    3. Imran Tahir
    4. Amit Mishra
13. Dutch batter Tim Gruijters was replaced by Tom Cooper because he was injured. What controversy followed after that?
    1. Cooper wasn’t allowed by his Australian domestic side to play in the tournament
    2. Gruijters claimed he wasn’t injured and was forced to sit out
    3. ICC denied Netherlands’ request on technical grounds raising a hue and cry
    4. Cooper himself was injured but hid that from the management
14. Overhead lightning stuck in England’s game against New Zealand but the umpires carried on playing. What happened next?
    1. Another bolt of lightning destroyed the light tower and the match had to be abandoned
    2. The match continued for another few balls to make it to five overs when it constituted a game before being called off
    3. The game went on for 20 overs despite continuous lightning raising alarms among players and fans alike
    4. The lightning and rain stopped immediately
15. Which batter blocked the last ball of the 19th over to give his partner the chance to finish off the game with its winning hit in this tournament?
    1. MS Dhoni
    2. Suresh Raina
    3. Aaron Finch
    4. Kumar Sangakkara

Get the answers to this T20 World Cup 2014 Quiz here.

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