{"id":526793,"date":"2026-04-12T11:56:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/526793\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T11:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T11:56:19","slug":"quiz-every-player-to-take-a-wicket-with-their-first-ball-in-the-ipl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/526793\/","title":{"rendered":"Quiz! Every Player To Take A Wicket With Their First Ball In The IPL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200px\" height=\"675px\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ufde8wQ9pc.jpg\"  alt=\"\" importance=\"low\" class=\"lazy\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"drop-cap-intro\">In this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/play-and-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">quiz<\/a>, you have to name every player to take a wicket with the first ball that they bowled in the IPL.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well begun is half done&#8221; is an old cliche \u2013 while it isn&#8217;t always true, it never hurts to start well. This quiz deals with a list of players who began in the best possible way in the IPL, taking a wicket with their very first delivery. <\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/play-and-win\/quiz-who-has-the-most-mens-test-centuries-without-a-double-hundred\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Quiz! Who has the most men\u2019s Test centuries without a double-hundred?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bear in mind, this does not necessarily have to be during the player&#8217;s first IPL match. Their first ball in the competition may have only come later, and this is the case for multiple players here. In fact, one of them only bowled his first ball in his final IPL match; it was also the final ball he bowled in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Also try: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/play-and-win\/the-west-indies-captains-quiz-which-former-skipper-is-the-world-boss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The West Indies captains quiz: Which former skipper is the &#8216;World Boss&#8217;?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two Indians joined this list in 2025 and 2026; before that, the last Indian to accomplish this was a Test-capped player who did so in 2013. He and one more on this list have 121 Test caps for India between them.<\/p>\n<p>Quiz! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisden.com\/quizzes\/play-and-win\/quiz-every-cricketer-inducted-into-the-icc-hall-of-fame\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Can you name every cricketer inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As hints, we have given you the match (the bowler&#8217;s team comes first) and date, the country the bowler comes from and the batter they dismissed. You have four minutes to name all 16. Good luck!<\/p>\n<p>(In 2008, one cricketer first bowled a wide, and then took a wicket with his first legal delivery in the IPL \u2013 he has not been included here.)<\/p>\n<p>Correct as of April 11, 2026.<\/p>\n<p> Quiz! 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