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1. X is the sister of Y, a prolific South African cricketer. X is a physiotherapist by profession but was part of the cheerleaders’ troupe during the second edition of IPL. ID X and Y. – Answer: Janine Kallis sister of Jacques Kallis
2. 91, 84, 76, 75.1, 111.9, 67, 111.6, 159, 370, 333, 107 (All numbers in USD million). What does this denote? – Answer: Purchase prices of all IPL teams!!
3. X had a partnership with CSK during IPL V and later entered into a partnership with DD and RCB during IPL VI. ID X. (Clue: X is a leading fruit brand in India) – Washington Apples Commission!
4. “Manchester City, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Brooklyn Nets, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Chicago Bulls”. These are the Top 10 Sports Clubs basis a particular criteria. Identify the criteria and the highest ranked IPL team in this list! – Answer: Mumbai Indians – The Criteria is Highest Paying clubs based on Global Sports Salaries Survey 2014. Those interested in the full list check this link out: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q4Byk_YgQP1KEAqyx7DMSdd11fvWsKa79pnxQG4pWhI/edit#gid=1239972605
5. The logo of which IPL team is believed to be inspired from a St. Augustine quote? – Answer: Sunrisers Hyderabad
6. The gold foil lines on the front symbolise the structure, which conjoins the old and the new part of the city — representing the mix of experience in the team which will give it an edge over the others. This was a statement made by one of the designers of the jersey. Name the jersey in question! – Answer: Mumbai Indians Jersey
7. Listen to the audio attached. Identify the singer! – The singer was Dwayne Bravo who sung for the tamil film ‘Ula’. For the full song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJqX8IxCZPI
8. Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar feels, “IPL affords an opportunity to lots of talented players from all over the world – I specially mean the uncapped talented players – to show their skills and come into reckoning for their national teams.”
Zimbabwean cricketer turned commentator Pumelelo Mbangwa says “IPL provides an opportunity mainly to youngsters who perhaps otherwise wouldn’t get noticed in a country as vast as India. There are some talented youngsters no doubt who have come to the fore and that’s the good thing about IPL.”
What is being talked about here? (Clue: NOT the best young player award) – Answer: The Inscription on the IPL Trophy – “Where talent meets opportunity”
9. “We’re tossing up now what his nickname is going to be — Wild Thing or Tornado, something like that.” Identify him! – Answer: Kamran Khan (This quote belongs to Shane Warne after he picked him up in Rajasthan Royals squad.)
10. Connect the three pics! What is special about these three matches? (very specific connect required)
– Answer: All three scorecards involved hat-tricks that was split over 2 overs (Pic 1: Ntini and Pic 2 & 3: Yuvraj )
11. Dominic Thornely in 2008, Ravichandran Ashwin in 2009, Virender Sehwag in 2010, James Faulkner in 2011, Lakshmipathy Balaji in 2012. What is the criterion followed for this listing and whose name should appear in 2013 basis the same criteria? – Answer: Anand Rajan (SRH), Criteria: Best Economy Rates in the tournament (http://www.iplt20.com/stats/2013)
12. What he Likes:
• He loves Whistling, watching movies, dancing and playing cricket
• He cannot resist South Indian food, especially curd rice and pickles.
• He’s a Thalaivar fan (just like everyone else) and he always watches Rajini movies first day first show
• He loves showing off his cricketing prowess with the helicopter shot… well just about any shot that gets him a six.
• His favourite Super Kings moments include the nail biting last over at Dharamsala and going up to receive all the trophies with the entire Super Kings team
What he doesn’t like:
• He hates the offseason and any other time that takes him away from his cricket.
• Empty stadiums are another downer for him
• He hates bullies and cheats
• He can’t stand laziness in any form
Name him!
– Answer: Super Singam, the Mascot of CSK!
13. Complete the sequence! (Name and Jersey number) – Answer: Glenn Maxwell (32); Most Valuable Players for each team in IPL 2014
14. This is an anecdote by a prominent member of a team’s management team on social media: “I saw X returning from a Reebok store visit. Most cricketers came back with 6-7 packages full of shoes and other stuff. He came back with just one box in his hands and I was congratulating him on his restraint when I saw a bell boy just behind pushing a trolley full of Reebok Gear! We both had a huge laugh! Later, I found that most of the shoes were for his national team mates and a few other promising cricketers from his nation and everytime he travelled abroad, he would buy loads of stuff for them!!”
Which cricketer are we talking about? – Answer: Shakib Al Hasan
15. Who is the first Indian bowler to claim all 4 foreign players in the same match in the IPL? – Answer: L Balaji
16. “We have been strictly instructed by X to go slow on serving the players any oily food, even if the cravings are intense.” Who said this during IPL 5 and why? (Part points – Generic answer accepted) – Answer: A Kings XI’s chef reveals the strategy to avoiding butter-fingered players
17. According to a recent post by prominent member of a team management, who is nicknamed “Neo” in Team KKR? – Answer: Chris Lynn for his acrobatic catch taken in IPL 2014
18. X is a Cricketer who plays for CSK in the current edition of IPL. X is a much ridiculed player for his ‘expertise’ in his domain. However, X is the co-owner of a record in IPL that speaks of his expertise in his domain. How and what is the record? – Answer: Ashish Nehra. He holds the record for the most economical spell in IPL along with Fidel Edwards!
19. What is special about these bowling scorecards?
– Answer: These were the highest scoring matches in the IPL and these were the most economical bowlers who bowled during that innings.
20. The original name and logo of this team received much negative response from the fans worldwide. Also, their team was made unpopular by their supposed move to change their home ground to Ahmedabad due to high entertainment tax in their state.
This invoked a mass response in the social networking sites, especially on Facebook, forcing the management to ultimately change the team name and logo. As a result, a voting poll was set up in the official site and the fans were provided the option the vote the first part of their name and second part of their name separately.
The decision to change the home ground also was dropped by the team management when their corporation decided to waive off a 50% in the entertainment tax which was reduced to 18% per game.
What team are we talking about? – Answer: Kochi Tuskers Kerala!
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