Brainsqueeze The Fourteenth: Answers and Winners of ‘Nineteen Eighty Three’

1983. That’s the Quiz on India’s finest cricketing tournament with a band of brilliant cricketers.

Winners of 1983: 1. Sreedhar Govindarao (Bangalore). 2. Ravi V (Navi Mumbai)

R/u: Niharika Raina (New Delhi) 4/5.

Q1. How many of Kapil Dev’s 175 runs at Turnbridge Wells vs Zimbabwe, came in 4s & 6s?

Ans: Kapil Dev scored 100 runs in 4s (16×4) & 6s (6×6) during his 175 @ Turnbridge Wells

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Q2. Which bowler claimed Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd and Jeff Dujon the first time West Indies lost to India chasing 263?

Ans: Roger Binny

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Q3. When India beat West Indies in the first group game at Manchester, Yashpal Sharma was the only Indian batsman to hit boundaries – 9. West Indies also had only one 6 hit in their innings. Who was the batsman?

Ans: Joel Garner

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Q4. Which 1983 World Cup hero holds the distinction of being the ONLY INDIAN World Cupper to never having scored a duck in ODIs (minimum 40 matches)?

Ans: Yashpal Sharma

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Q5. ‘THE Catch’ in the final. Viv Richards c Kapil Dev b xxxxx xxx. Who was the bowler?

Ans: Madan Lal