Which team won the first men's T20 World Cup, held in 2007?
- A.Pakistan
- B.India
- C.South Africa
- D.Australia
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, India. The first men's T20 World Cup was staged in South Africa in 2007, and India beat Pakistan in the final at Johannesburg under M. S. Dhoni, a match remembered for its last over. India won the tournament a second time in 2024, when the final was played in Barbados.
Option A, Pakistan, lost that first final but won the next edition in England in 2009. Option C, South Africa, hosted the 2007 tournament but did not reach its final, which is what makes it the most tempting wrong answer. Option D, Australia, won its only men's T20 title in 2021 in the United Arab Emirates and Oman. Note for the paper that England and West Indies have each won this tournament twice as well, England in 2010 and 2022 and West Indies in 2012 and 2016.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich team won the first Cricket World Cup, held in 1975?
- A.Australia
- B.England
- C.West Indies
- D.India
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The first World Cup was played in England in 1975 over 60 overs an innings, and West Indies beat Australia in the final at Lord's under Clive Lloyd.
Read the full explanation →India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup final at which ground?
- A.The Oval, London
- B.Lord's, London
- C.Old Trafford, Manchester
- D.Edgbaston, Birmingham
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India beat West Indies in the final on 25 June 1983 at Lord's in London, defending a total of 183 and winning by 43 runs; Mohinder Amarnath was named player of the match and Kapil Dev was the captain who received the trophy on the famous balcony.
Read the full explanation →Who captained India to victory in the 2011 Cricket World Cup?
- A.Rahul Dravid
- B.Virat Kohli
- C.M. S. Dhoni
- D.Sourav Ganguly
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India beat Sri Lanka in the final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 2 April 2011, and Dhoni, who finished the chase himself, was named player of the match; Yuvraj Singh was player of the tournament.
Read the full explanation →The 1987 Cricket World Cup, the first held outside England, was hosted by
- A.Australia and New Zealand
- B.India and Pakistan
- C.South Africa
- D.West Indies
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The 1987 tournament, sponsored as the Reliance Cup, was the first taken away from England and the first in which an innings was cut from 60 overs to 50, the length used ever since.
Read the full explanation →England were declared champions of the 2019 Cricket World Cup on the basis of
- A.A higher net run rate through the tournament
- B.More boundaries hit in the final
- C.Fewer wickets lost in the Super Over
- D.A bowl-out after the Super Over
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England and New Zealand finished level after fifty overs each at Lord's, and the Super Over that followed was tied as well.
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