1. Two batsmen hit the most fours in the first ODI in Pune. They were:
A. Virat Kohli and Kedar Jadhav
B. Jason Roy and Kedar Jadhav
C. Joe Root and Virat Kohli
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ANSWER B.
Jason Roy hit 12 fours in his 61-ball 73. Kedar Jadhav hit 12 boundaries in his 76-ball 120.
2. How many fours and sixes did Yuvraj Singh hit in his 150 at Cuttack?
A. 21 fours and 3 sixes
B. 18 fours and 5 sixes
C. 19 fours and 2 sixes
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ANSWER A.
Yuvi 's 121 ball knock was made at a strike rate of 118.11.
3. Who hit the most sixes in an ODI innings in the series?
A. Ben Stokes
B. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
C. Virat Kohli
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ANSWER B.
Dhoni, of course, with 6 sixes in his 122-ball 134 in Cuttack. He also hit 10 fours.
Stokes and Kohli hit 5 sixes in the first ODI in Pune.
4. The ODI series set the record for the most runs scored in a 3 game ODI series.
How many runs were scored in the series?
A. 1990
B. 2190
C. 2090
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ANSWER C.
Pune: England 350; India 356. Cuttack: India 381; England 366. Kolkata: England 321; India 316.
5. Eoin Morgan scored the only century for the Englishmen. But this English batsman made three 50 plus scores and was clearly his team's top batsman. Who is he?
A. Joe Root
B. Ben Stokes
C. Jason Roy
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ANSWER C.
Opener Roy scored 73 in Pune, 82 in Cuttack and 65 in Kolkata.
Root made 79 and 54 in Pune and Cuttack, but didn't play the Kolkata game.
Stokes hit 62 and 57 in Pune and Kolkata, but his being bowled for 1 in Cuttack likely turned the game in India's favour.
6. Hardik Pandya was the all-round star for the Indian team. How many runs did he score and how many wickets did he take?
A. 6 wickets and 120 runs
B. 5 wickets and 115 runs
C. 4 wickets and 130 runs
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ANSWER B.
Hardik took 2/46 in Pune, 0/60 in Cuttack and 3/49 in Kolkata.
He scored 40 not out (off 37 balls) in Pune, 19 not out (off 9 balls) in Cuttack and 56 (off 43 balls) in Kolkata.
7. The world's top bowler had a poor series compared to his sterling record this past two seasons. How many wickets did Ravichandran Ashwin take?
A. 1 wicket
B. No wicket
C. 3 wickets
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ANSWER C.
Only in the Cuttack game did we see Ashwin's magic as he ensnared Joe Root (caught), Jos Buttler (stumped) and Ben Stokes (bowled).
In the Pune game, he went wicket-less for 63 runs as he did for 60 runs in Kolkata.
8. This India batsman had these strikes rates in the series: 157.89, 220 and 120. Who are we talking about?
A. Kedar Jadhav
B. Virat Kohli
C. Ravindra Jadeja
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ANSWER A.
Jadhav's 120 on his home ground was made in just 76 balls, his 22 Cuttack cameo came in 10 balls and his 90 in Kolkata was scored in 75 balls.
9. Virat Kohli used 7 bowlers in which game, and 6 bowlers each in the other two matches. Which game did the skipper summon all his bowling resources?
A. Kolkata
B. Pune
C. Cuttack
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ANSWER B.
In Cuttack, Kohli used Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin and Kedar Jadhav.
In Kolkata, he didn't deploy Jadhav, using Yuvraj Singh's gentle spin instead.
In Pune, he used Umesh Yadav (Bhuvi didn't play that game) + Bumrah + Pandya + Jadeja + Ashwin + Jadhav + Yuvi.
Only Shikhar Dhawan, Lokesh Rahul, M S Dhoni andd Kohli didn't bowl in the first ODI.
10. Who was the most expensive Indian bowler this series?
A. Jasprit Bumrah
B. Ravichandran Ashwin
C. Ravindra Jadeja
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ANSWER A.
Bumrah gave away 228 runs. Ashwin gave away 188 runs. Jadeja gave away 157 runs and was the most economical of all the Indian bowlers.