India v England: 2008 ODI Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tour was cancelled after terrorist attacks in Mumbai

India and England were scheduled to play seven one-day Internationals in India in November and December 2008. The fifth one day match was completed on 26th November 2008 in Cuttack. On the same night in Mumbai, there was a massive terrorist attack leading to the death of almost 200 people. On the backdrop of this shocking incident, the English team expressed its desire to return. On mutual agreement of both the cricket boards, the one day series was called off and the English cricket team returned home.

Answer: India won 5-0

India won the series comprehensively by a margin of 5-0. Out of the seven matches scheduled only five were played and India won all the five. They thus won the series 5-0.

Answer: Dhoni & Pietersen

The series was played on the backdrop of India's successful test series win against Australia under Dhoni's captaincy. England too came to the series having trashed South Africa in a one day series under the captaincy of Kevin Pietersen. For the 2008 ODI series, Kevin Pietersen and MS Dhoni were the captains of England and India respectively.

Answer: Yuvraj Singh

The first one day match was played in Rajkot on 14 Nov 2008. Batting first, India scored a record 387/5 in 50 overs. Sehwag and Gambhir put on a good opening partnership scoring 85 and 51 respectively. But the top performance of the innings came from Yuvraj Singh who scored a blistering 138 (not out) of 125 balls with 6 sixes and 16 fours. Set a target of 388, England was all out for 229 in 37.4 overs.

Answer: Because of bad light

The third one day was played at Kanpur on 20 Nov 2008. Batting first England were all out for 240 in 48.4 overs. The match was limited to 49 overs. The match however was over by the 40th over because of bad light. The umpires ruled that the light was not sufficient to continue to match and as per the rules of the tournament the lights could not be switched on, thus ending the match.

India had made 198/4 in 40 overs and was declared winner under the Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) method.

Answer: 198 in 22 overs

The fourth one day match was played at Bangalore on 23 Nov 2008 and was truncated by rain. India batted first and after a couple of rain interruptions, it was decided that the match would be restricted to 22 overs a side. India managed to score 166/4 in 22 overs. England's target was however increased to 198 in 22 overs, under the Duckworth-Lewis (D/L) system.

Inspite of a spirited batting performance by Owaish Shah and Flintoff, England could only manage 178/8 in 22 overs.

Answer: Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh of India scored the most runs in the series. In 5 innings he scored 325 runs at an average of 108.33. Sehwag was close behind with 314 runs in 5 innings at an average of 62.80.

Answer: Zaheer Khan

Indian opening bowler Zaheer Khan played a key role in the Indian victory. He took 8 wickets in 5 matches at an average of 23.50 and was the top wicket taker. India's Harbhajan Singh and England's Stuart Broad were next with 7 wickets each.

Answer: Kevin Pietersen

Only Kevin Pietersen could score a century in the series for England. He scored an unbeaten 111 in the 5th one day match at Cuttack.

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar

Excluding wicket keepers, Sachin Tendulkar of India took the most catches, taking 4 catches in the 2 matches he played in the series. Zaheer Khan also took 4 catches, but in 5 matches. Gambhir took 3 catches, Collingwood and Anderson took 2 catches each in the series.