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T20 Cricket Quiz

Question: Who scored the first T20 International century?
Answer: Chris Gayle, playing for West Indies, hit the first T20I century on September 11, 2007, in a match against South Africa. He scored 117 runs from 57 balls.
Question: Who is the first bowler (men) to take a hat trick in T20 International?
Answer: Australian Brett Lee took the first T20I hat trick. He was playing against Bangladesh in Cape Town in 2007. Victims: Shakib Al Hasan, Mashrafe Mortaza, and Alok Kapali.
Question: Which country was the first to win the T20 World Cup twice?
Answer: West Indies won the T20 World Cup in 2012 (in Sri Lanka) and 2016 (in India).
Question: Who was the first Indian to win a T20 International Man of the Match award?
Answer: Dinesh Karthik was named Man of the Match on December 1, 2006, for his performance against South Africa. This was India’s first-ever T20I game.
Question: Who won the Man of the Match award in the 2016 T20 World Cup final?
Answer: Marlon Samuels was named Man of the Match for his unbeaten 85 off 66 balls. His West Indies team won against England. (Samuels also won the Man of the Match award in the 2012 finals for scoring 78 off 56 balls and picking up a wicket.)
Question: Which city hosted the first T20 World Cup final?
Answer: The first men’s T20 World Cup was hosted by South Africa, and the final was on September 24, 2007. The first women’s T20 World Cup was held in England in 2009.
Question: Which two countries played the first T20 International game?
Answer: The match was played on August 5, 2004, at Hove, England. New Zealand won by 9 runs.
Question: Who won the Player of the Tournament award in the 2016 T20 World Cup?
Answer: Virat Kohli, India’s captain, was named Player of the Tournament for scoring 273 runs, average 136.50, and strike rate 146.77.
Question: Which country won the first T20 World Cup?
Answer: India beat Pakistan by 5 runs in the first men’s T20 World Cup, which was held in 2007.
Question: Which two countries (men) played the first T20 International tied match?
Answer: New Zealand and West Indies played to the first tie in a T20I match on February 16, 2006, at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.