Who among the following is the lone Indian Cricketer included in the ICC Hall of Fame special inductions to mark the inaugural ICC World Test Championship Final?

Q: What is the answer to NDA (II) 2021 GAT Q92?

D. Correct — D, Vinoo Mankad. To mark the inaugural ICC World Test Championship Final in June 2021, the ICC made a special induction of ten legends into its Hall of Fame across five eras, and the only Indian among them was Vinoo Mankad, the great all-rounder of the 1940s and 1950s. Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri and Mohinder Amarnath, though celebrated Indian cricketers, were not part of that special induction. So the answer is (d).

(a)Dilip Vengsarkar
(b)Ravi Shastri
(c)Mohinder Amarnath
(d)Vinoo Mankad

Answer

Why

Correct — D, Vinoo Mankad. To mark the inaugural ICC World Test Championship Final in June 2021, the ICC made a special induction of ten legends into its Hall of Fame across five eras, and the only Indian among them was Vinoo Mankad, the great all-rounder of the 1940s and 1950s. Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri and Mohinder Amarnath, though celebrated Indian cricketers, were not part of that special induction. So the answer is (d).

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Dilip Vengsarkar — A distinguished batsman of the 1980s, but he was not among the ten cricketers in the 2021 special induction.
(b)
Ravi Shastri — An all-rounder and later India's head coach, but he was not part of this special Hall of Fame batch.
(c)
Mohinder Amarnath — A 1983 World Cup hero, but he did not feature in the 2021 special induction.

Concept

The ICC Hall of Fame honours cricketing greats. In June 2021, to mark the first World Test Championship Final, the ICC specially inducted ten legends spanning five historical eras. Vinoo Mankad was the lone Indian in that batch.

The trap is that all four options are famous Indian cricketers; the discriminator is the specific 2021 special induction, in which only Vinoo Mankad featured for India.

Key facts

The ICC inducted ten legends in a special June-2021 batch marking the inaugural World Test Championship Final.
Vinoo Mankad, a leading all-rounder of the 1940s and 1950s, was the lone Indian in that batch.
The cricket term 'Mankading' (running out a backing-up non-striker) is named after him.
The inaugural WTC Final (June 2021, Southampton) was won by New Zealand, who beat India.

Set of three cricket stumps with bails standing on a grass pitch — Vinoo Mankad, a Test all-rounder, was the lone Indian in the ICC's June-2021 special Hall of Fame induction.Image: Acabashi · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Study next

The ICC Hall of Fame and its inducteesThe ICC World Test Championship and its first cycleGreat Indian all-rounders (Vinoo Mankad, Kapil Dev)The term 'Mankading' and the laws of cricketIndia's record in ICC global tournaments

Common traps

Picking a more recent famous Indian cricketer.
Confusing the regular Hall of Fame with the special 2021 induction.

Recall of a specific 2021 cricket event — identify the lone Indian in the ICC special induction.

Related PYQs

NDA_GAT_2022_I_Q1442022Open & attempt →

Who among the following retired from test cricket by bagging a wicket on the last ball of his career?

(a) AB de Villiers
(b) Michael Hussey
(c) Quinton de Kock
(d) Ross Taylor

Answer(d) Ross Taylor

Same family — cricket-personality current affairs. That NDA item tests a Test-cricket record/farewell (Ross Taylor); this one tests the lone Indian in the ICC's 2021 special Hall of Fame induction.

Practice

practice — not a real PYQ
The cricketing term 'Mankading' is named after which Indian all-rounder?
- (a)Kapil Dev
- (b)Vinoo Mankad
- (c)Bishan Singh Bedi
- (d)Polly Umrigar
Answer(b) Vinoo Mankad — the move is named after him.
practice — not a real PYQ
Which country won the inaugural ICC World Test Championship Final in 2021?
- (a)India
- (b)England
- (c)New Zealand
- (d)Australia
Answer(c) New Zealand — it beat India at Southampton.