The IPL 2008 Cricket Quiz

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The 2008 IPL Cricket Quiz

The Indian Premier League (IPL) started off in 2008 and the first edition was won by the Rajasthan Royals. Below is one of the best quizzes about the IPL 2008.

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.  Who was the most expensive player picked at the IPL 2008 auction?
    1. Andrew Symonds
    2. Sachin Tendulkar
    3. Ricky Ponting
    4. MS Dhoni
  2. India’s under-19 players were picked through a draft. One player was picked ahead of Virat Kohli. Who was it?
    1. Pradeep Sangwan
    2. Manish Pandey
    3. Ravindra Jadeja
    4. Tanmay Srivastava
  3. Which venue hosted the first ever IPL match?
    1. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
    2. PCA Stadium, Mohali
    3. MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
    4. M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
  4. Which corporate house bought the franchise for the city of Hyderabad ahead of IPL 2008?
    1. Deccan Chronicle
    2. The Sun Group
    3. Urbanrisers Builders
    4. Red Chillies Entertainment
  5. Brendon McCullum smashed 158 not out on the opening day and broke the record for the then highest individual score in T20 cricket. The previous record holder played that match. Who was he?
    1. Cameron White
    2. David Hussey
    3. Ricky Ponting
    4. Mohammad Hafeez
  6. Which team managed only two wins in the whole season and finished at the bottom of the table?
    1. Royal Challengers Bangalore
    2. Deccan Chargers
    3. Delhi Daredevils
    4. Mumbai Indians
  7. Which venue hosted the final of the IPL 2008?
    1. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
    2. M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
    3. Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
    4. DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai
  8. Rajasthan Royals, the eventual champions, were beaten in their first match of the tournament. Who beat them?
    1. Mumbai Indians
    2. Deccan Chargers
    3. Delhi Daredevils
    4. Kings XI Punjab
  9. Misbah-ul-Haq played for the Royal Challengers Bangalore and wrote his name in the record books for what incident?
    1. Highest score for RCB in IPL 2008
    2. First batter to be dismissed hit-wicket in IPL history
    3. Only batter to get out for a duck without facing a ball
    4. Most catches in a match by a fielder
  10. Which batter for the first century for the Mumbai Indians in 2008?
    1. Sachin Tendulkar
    2. Robin Uthappa
    3. Sanath Jayasuriya
    4. Dominic Thornely
  11. Sohail Tanvir picked six for 14 in a match – the best figures in the IPL 2008. Who was the opposition?
    1. Mumbai Indians
    2. Chennai Super Kings
    3. Kings XI Punjab
    4. Deccan Chargers
  12. With over 600 runs, Shaun Marsh walked away with the Orange Cap. How many matches had he played for Australia in international cricket before the IPL 2008?
    1. Zero
    2. One
    3. Two
    4. Three
  13. Who was the only English player to be a part of an IPL squad in 2008?
    1. Kevin Pietersen
    2. Andrew Flintoff
    3. Graham Napier
    4. Dimitri Mascarenhas
  14. Who was the first Bangladesh player to feature in the IPL?
    1. Shakib Al Hasan
    2. Abdur Razzak
    3. Mashrafe Mortaza
    4. Mushfiqur Rahim
  15. Who was named the Player of the Tournament for the IPL 2008?
    1. Shane Watson
    2. Shaun Marsh
    3. Sohail Tanvir
    4. Shane Warne
  16. Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid and Yuvraj Singh were not part of the IPL auction. What were they called as they were allotted to the teams?
    1. Top Picks
    2. Marquee Players
    3. Icon Players
    4. Local Icons
  17. Who was the Player of the Match in the final of the IPL 2008?
    1. Yusuf Pathan
    2. Shane Watson
    3. Shane Warne
    4. Kamran Akmal
  18. Harbhajan Singh was banned after playing three matches in the tournament. Why?
    1. For negotiating a contract with another team
    2. Massive over-rate offence as a captain
    3. Slapping Sreesanth after a match
    4. For refusing to play a match
  19. How many Indians scored a century at the IPL 2008?
    1. Zero
    2. One
    3. Two
    4. Three
  20. How many hat-tricks were taken during IPL 2008?
    1. Zero
    2. One
    3. Two
    4. Three

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