How much do you really know about the Indian Premier League? Find out with this quiz 

The fifteenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) or what we popularly know as IPL 2022 kicked off on 26^th March with a lot of firsts. Among them includes the inclusion of two new teams, namely Gujarat Titans and Lucknow Super Giants. The other teams include: Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Capitals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Mumbai Indians, Punjab Kings, Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad.  

Before the commencement of this year’s IPL, a mega auction was also held in late February in which many young talents from both domestic and international men’s cricket were bought off. The most expensive players in IPL 2022 include, Ishan Kishan (bought by Mumbai Indians for INR 15.25 crores), Deepak Chahar (bought by Chennai Super Kings for INR 14 crores) and Shreyas Iyer (bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for INR 12.25 crores) among others.  

Take this quiz to find out how much do you really know about the IPL.  

Q1) Who is the brand-new title sponsor for IPL 2022? 

1. Google India 

2. Amazon India 

3. Tata 

4. Reliance India 

Q2) In 2010, IPL became the first sporting event in the world to be live broadcast on which platform? 

1. Hotstar 

2. YouTube 

3. Amazon Prime 

4. Sony Live 

Q3) Which duo is known as the highest wicket takers in IPL? 

1. Lasith Malinga & Harbhajan Singh 

2. Harbhajan Singh & Dale Steyn 

3. Lasith Malinga & Jaspreet Bumrah 

4. Lasith Malinga & Dwaye Bravo 

Q4) Sourav Ganguly, the current BCCI President, has been the captain of which two IPL teams? 

1. Pune Warriors India & Kolkata Knight Riders 

2. Chennai Super Kings & Deccan Chargers 

3. Kolkata Knight Riders & Mumbai Indians 

4. Mumbai Indians & Royal Challengers Bengaluru 

Q5) Who is the longest serving IPL coach? 

1. Brendon McCullum 

2. Tom Moody 

3. Mahela Jayawardene 

4. Stephen Fleming 

ANSWERS: 

Q1. (c) 

The brand-new IPL title sponsor is the Tata group, one of the largest business conglomerates in India. It replaced Vivo, the Chinese mobile manufacturer as IPL’s title sponsor for at least the next two editions. Tata group will be paying INR 670 crores for the next two years. 

Q2. (b) 

In 2010, IPL became the first sporting event in the world to be broadcast Live on YouTube that received almost 1 billion views on the very first day. 

Q3. (d) 

The bowling duo, Lasith Malinga (Sri Lankan right-arm fast ‘death’ bowler) and Dwayne Bravo (right-arm fast bowling all-rounder from West Indies) happen to be the highest wicket takers in the IPL with 170 wickets each.  

Q4. (a) 

Sourav Ganguly, the current BCCI President has been captains of two IPL teams, namely Kolkata Knight Riders (in 2008 and 2010) and Pune Warriors India (in 2011).  

Q5. (d) 

Stephen Fleming, the former New Zealand captain is the longest serving IPL coach for the team Chennai Super Kings since 2009.