Amitabh Bachchan and cricket have a long-standing connection, and now, he posed a question on the sport in the most recent episode of his show, KBC 16. A contestant named Abhishek Sandhu was faced with a question on cricket last night, on Thursday, September 26. Rs. 50 lakhs were on the line, and Abhishek from Karnal, Haryana, had to quit. He walked away with Rs. 25 lakhs prize money. Know the question and answer ahead...

The question related to cricket

Abhishek played a great game until he had to face a question for Rs. 50 lakhs pertaining to cricket.

The question was:

Q. Who was the first batsman to score a double century on debut in first-class ticket?

The options

The options for the question included:

A. Arthur Shrewsbury

B. WG Grace

C. Doug Insole

D. Tom Marsden

The answer

After he quit the game, Amitabh Bachchan asked Abhishek to pick an answer. He chose the wrong answer. The correct answer was:

D. Tom Mardsen

Tom scored 227 runs while playing back in 1826.

Abhishek uses double dip for Rs 25 lakhs question

Abhishek used his last lifeline – double dip – for Rs. 25 lakhs worth of answer. The question asked was – The political union between which two countries from 1958 to 1961 was known as the United Arab Republic? The options were – A. Syria-Jordan, B. Iran-Iraq, C. Egypt-Syria, and D. Oman-Yemen. Abhishek first chose – D. Oman-Yemen. However, the answer was incorrect. The correct answer was – C. Egypt-Syria. With that opportunity, Abhishek won Rs. 25 lakhs.

How Abhishek Sandhu got on the hot seat

Abhishek Sandhu was qualified for 'jaldi 5.' In fastest finger first, the Employment Officer for the Haryana government was faced opposite Sukarna Katiyar. He eventually got to the hot seat with Big B.

KBC 16 had found its first crorepati a while back

The world witnessed the first crorepati on KBC 16 recently. Chander Prakash attempted all questions till Rs. 1 crore. He quit at Rs. 7 crore question, but his guess was correct and if he hadn’t quit, Chander would have won Rs. 7 crores from the show.

KBC 16 commences on August 12, and new episodes of the show are available for streaming on SonyLIV via OTTplay Premium every Monday to Friday at 9 pm.

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