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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was all set to ring the iconic Lord’s bell for the first time to indicate the start of the second Cricket Test match between India and England at Lord’s on August 9?
A
Kapil Dev
B
Rahul Dravid
C
Sachin Tendulkar
D
Sourav Ganguly
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Kapil Dev was the first person to ring the bell to start the test match between India and New Zealand in September 2016.

Detailed explanation-2: -Enid Bakewell will ring the bell to signal five minutes before the start of play on the opening day of the England v India LV= Insurance Test Match at Lord’s.

Detailed explanation-3: -The bell, which is located outside the Bowlers’ Bar of the Lord’s Pavilion, is rung to signify the imminent start of play, and it has become a great honour to be invited to ring it on the morning of a Test match.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lord’s Cricket Ground is famous the world over as ‘the home of cricket’. Over two hundred years ago, on 22 June 1814, the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Hertfordshire played the very first match at the present ground.

Detailed explanation-5: -Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the European Cricket Council (ECC) and, until August 2005, the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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