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CLICK HERE: PAGE 1 AND 2 FACTOID 24 That’s the rank of India in global mobile internet speeds, out of 138 countries in 131: global mobile internet speed ranking, according to Ookla Speedtest Global Index. South Korea CHILDREN NOMINATEDED topped the list with an average mobile internet speed of 121.00 Mbps. FOR INTERNATIONALL HOW MUCH MOBILE INTERNET DATA DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED DAILY? While unlimited data is CHILDREN'S PEACE PRIZE highly-welcome, you may not need so much, especial- ly, if you are relying on Dussehra is the festival of victory Twenty-four THE AWARD of truth over untruth. But at the Five girls associated with child rights organisation Save the Children in your home WiFi for online young India are among those who have been shortlisted. Poonam Nikam, 13, ➤ The prestigious classes, gaming and watch- same, it is also a festival of vic- changemakers 1 has been nominated for her work with adolescents on issues related to prize is annually ing videos tory of patience over crises. puberty, menstrual hygiene management and for advocating WASH — awarded to a child, Today, all of you are living with from India have water, sanitation and hygiene practices HERE IS HOW MUCH MOBILE INTERNET DATA IS great restraint, celebrating festi- who has made a spe- CONSUMED ON AN AVERAGE ON AN HOURLY BASIS been nominated Jashoda, 15, from Ashapura, a remote village in Osian, Rajasthan has made it cial effort to pro- vals with modesty. Therefore, in for the prestigious to the list for her work to end violence against women and girls. She recently mote children's ACTIVITY DATA CONSUMPTION the battle, we are fighting stopped four child marriages; guided 10 girls for higher education (against Covid-19), victory is cer- International 2 rights and better the Playing Call of Duty Mobile for an hour 35MB tain. When we think of festivals, Vasundhara from Darda Turki village in Tonk, Rajasthan, is nominated for her situation of vulnera- Children’s Peace Watching YouTube videos at 360p shopping comes to our mind. This work to end child marriage, and on sexual and reproductive health and rights ble children Prize 2020. They among girls. She leads the ‘Chuppi Todo' menstrual hygiene campaign in her resolution for an hour 280MB time, amid the enthusiasm of fes- 3 ➤ are among the 142 village Last year, the Watching YouTube videos at 720p tival, when you go shopping prize was awarded nominees from 42 Nausheen from Bihar has been chosen for being a strong voice against child resolution for an hour 600MB make sure to remember your marriage and other gender stereotypes. The 15-year-old, who has seen girls to Greta Thunberg Watching Facebook videos for an hour 300MB resolve of 'vocal for local.' When countries, who and women face socially-inbuilt inequality, conducts sessions on life skills, from Sweden and purchasing goods from market 4 Watching a movie on low resolution and encourages adolescent girls in her village to raise their voice against Divina Maloum from give priority to local products. qualified for the on Netflix (1.35 hours) 650MB coveted award... gender-based social evils Cameroon NARENDRA MODI, PM, Google Chrome (2 hours) up to 150MB Mann ki Baat

NEWS CLICK IPL 2020 FACEBOOK TESTING DAILY MOUTHWASH MAY HERE FOR CLASSES ON STREETS: IN BRIEF MORE 'NEIGHBORHOODS' FEATURE INACTIVATE HUMAN ITALIAN STUDENTS ATTEND SAM CURRAN, IMRAN TO TAKE ON NEXTDOOR CORONAVIRUSES: STUDY LESSONS FROM BALCONIES, TAHIR BREAK ALL-TIME CORONA UPDATE RECORD OF HIGHEST TECH BUZZ ON PUBLIC STEPS 9TH-WICKET STAND IN IPL HISTORY Teachers in Italy have taken classes to streets, CSK’s Sam Curran and Imran Tahir etched their names on the record with students attending books as they broke the all-time from their balconies and on record of the highest ninth-wicket acebook is testing a feature called public steps amid the partnership in IPL. The duo shared Neighborhoods that connects people coronavirus pandemic. a 43- run ninth-wicket partnership F and businesses in a locality in a sim- ilar way that community-focused social Local authorities have against MI on Friday. network Nextdoor does. The new Facebook closed most schools until feature, which is currently in limited test- The previous record was the end of October due to a ing phase, allows users to display local posts, held by MS Dhoni and groups and marketplace items. rise in cases of coronavirus n a fight against the novel coronavirus, sci- Ravichandran in recent weeks ➤The Facebook Neighborhoods feature entists have found that certain oral antisep- Ashwin, who Itics and mouthwashes may have the ability shared a 41- allows users to select a locality, permit to inactivate human coronaviruses.The results the social network to use their location to indicate that some of these products might be run stand for display posts, marketplace items from useful for reducing the amount of virus in the CSK against mouth after the infection and may help to reduce MI in 2013 others in the neighbourhood the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that ➤If the feature rolls out widely, San causes Covid-19. Francisco-based Nextdoor, may have to ➤ The researchers found that several of deal with some serious competition the nasal and oral rinses had a strong ➤Founded in 2011, the privately-held ability to neutralise human coronavirus, Nextdoor is backed by prominent which suggests that these products may investors, including Benchmark, Shasta have the potential to reduce the amount Ventures, Greylock Partners, Kleiner of virus spread by people, who are Perkins, Riverwood Capital, Bond, Axel Covid-19-positive Springer, Comcast Ventures and others

Photo: ANI ELLI AVRRAM TO CREATE MENTAL NEWS IN HEALTH AWARENESS WITH A mask that translates: Start-up Donut Robotics SWEDISH SHORT FILM are going from Japan has created a face covering that helps wedish-Greek actress Elli AvrRam will flaunt CLUES FACE MASKS users adhere to social distancing, and also acts as her acting skills in a Swedish short film ti- 1 a translator. The "C-Face" mask works by transmitting a S tled 'With You'. "I had been waiting for an opportunity to do a Swedish project for sometime. HIGH-TECH! From monitoring wearer's speech to a smartphone via an app, and allows 'With You' is based on a very This social media people to have a conversation, while keeping up to 10 strong socially- relevant topic metres- apart. The lightweight silicon device is an advan- of mental health awareness network was nearly and childhood trauma. It has called ‘Friendstalker’ vital signs to translating words tage for doctors , who want to communicate with patients been FOR A CAUSE from a distance. It can translate speech from Japanese an CLUE 1: An Indian-American Parag into English, Korean and other languages enriching but an emotion- rom monitoring vital Agrawal is its current chief technology ally exhausting experi- signs to filtering filthy Singapore’s mask, aimed at protecting medics officer (CTO). ence. The short film is in- air and even translating treating Covid-19 patients, has sensors that moni- tense and sends out a very CLUE 2: Founded in March 2006, it was speech into other lan- strong message for the au- only in February 2018 that it reported F tor body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure guages, the coronavirus-fuelled 2 dience," she shared. and blood oxygen levels, and relays data to a smartphone its first profitable quarter ever. boom in mask-wearing has via a Bluetooth transmitter Elli was recently CLUE 3: It has been described as 'the spawned an unusual range of seen in Mohit Suri's SMS of the Internet'. high-tech face coverings. As For those seeking to combat the effects of pol- 'Malang'. Apart from masks become the norm world- TWITTER. The Centre has shot off a letter lution in smog-choked cities, South Korea's LG Bollywood, she was wide, tech companies and re- Electronics has developed an air purifier mask. to the microblogging site’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, searchers are rolling out weird 3 also seen in the expressing "disappointment and displeas- The futuristic white device, which fits snugly around Tamil film, 'Paris and wonderful models to both ure" over the wrong representation of Leh in the wearer's mouth, nose and chin, is equipped with CLUES Paris' and the guard against infection and cash its maps. Twitter had shown the geo-location in on a growing trend. two filters on either side and fans to aid airflow Kannada release of Leh “ in J&K, People’s Republic of China” 'Butterfly' “Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.” READ. PLAY. LEARN RALPH WALDO EMERSON, POET 02 MONDAY OCTOBER 26, 2020 The People of The Forests WHAT To drive them extinct, to rid a CAN YOU DO? species of a chance to grow seems brutally cruel to me. The question What Indonesia Has Done: The Indonesian government claims that they stand against is, is it cruel enough to make you plantations that burn down forests, but deep pockets ensure that little is actually done. In fact, they even want to take a stand? plan to build a road through large parts of the forest, opening up interior regions to illegal poaching. As consumers and citizens, what we CAN do is - Being Aware. literally meaning ‘person/people of the forest’. Please avoid But why attribute them to palm oils, or only buy pine oils ‘person’. Why not just that are certified and sustainable. It ‘forest monkey’ or takes only 5 minutes to find out. ‘forest ape’? Orangutans have 48 chromosomes, as opposed to human’s 46. They are very cog- Aditya Kaushal nitive beings, in some fields like Batch of 2020, Ekya Schools, pattern recognition, their intelligence rivals that of humans! Orangutans are Bengaluru able to stand up on two legs, and He has a keen interest in environ- have a flexible pelvis, a thick neck mental science, astronomy and STEM. and bowed legs. The most strik- Stop, Look at/Take , Share ing feature though, is that they food/Share object, together, go. Aims to raise awareness about cli- have a short opposable THUMB. mate change and studying towards To get a sense of why this is im- The sad story building a more sustainable future portant, try lifting a glass of water without using your Yet we, modern industralised peo- thumb (no, you cannot use ple, destroy the very home of these Fact check your palms). ‘people of the forest’. Mass scale Further, we can use our deforestation by industries and reach. While government protocols are proving to The Sumatran Orangutan is one of the illegal poaching have decimat- three species of orangutans. Found Thumbs up! ed their numbers. Paper and wood be ineffective, the power of private conservation organisa- exclusively in the Indonesian island of The presence of a thumb industries have cut down over 35% tions is effective. You can donate, or better yet, volunteer with Sumatra, they are rarest species of the allows them to have much of the forest, tearing down the homes organisations like World Wildlife Org to find out what can you do. three. Their name ‘orangutan’ comes better grip of branches and trees of these Sumatran Orangutans. Alternatively, if any of you do have relatives In Indonesia, or plan from two separate local words – among which they live. This evo- This is compounded by the fact that oil “orang” meaning ‘people or person’ lution is likely because of a need industries further burn down the re- to visit after the pandemic, please take some time to promote and “hutan” meaning ‘forest’. Thus, to stay among the trees, to avoid maining portion of the forest for palm oil eco-tourism, visit the forest tribes near these forests. The predators like the Sumatran Tigers and resins. Deliberately set for- more you support them, show them that you care, the more that lurked the forest floors. One slip, est fires are becoming com- and they’d become dinner. Today of mon to clear land for plan- the natives are inspired to make a difference. course, that is hardly a threat to them, tations, not only destroy- humans have now reduced the Sumatran one common species, and the orangutan ing the orangutans homes, Imagine if we too were tiger population too, to critically en- is perhaps our evolutionarily but burning infant orang- driven to extinction some 1 million years dangered. distant cousin. utans to death as well. What’s interesting is that it is What’s more, Sumatran Orangutans NESTLE among ago, just on the cusp of our evolution – widely agreed that early human have learnt to make and use tools, and many notable com- none of the amazing things humans have subspecies too evolved along the some sub-species are said to have already panies like SINAR done would ever occur. A bit of a reach, same lines. Mainly tree living entered their Stone Age – a period MAS, are also re- (and so developing humans entered not 2.6 million years ago! sponsible for this yes, but who knows where evolution will thumbs) and then Sumatran orangutans have also deforestation and take these primates in the next era. Who moving down to developed gestures to communicate, only in 2020 were knows how they could transform the planet land. It’s also long about 64 known so far, and we’ve even they halted by a in vital and unimaginable ways known that the hu- translated SIX of these ‘words’ – Play, PR storm. mans and apes separated from CLICK HERE TO READ THIS ARTICLE ONLINE

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CREATING A BETTER CELEBRATING THE GENERATION VICTORY OF GOOD OVER EVIL Anu Kannankavil, Homeroom Kokapet, Teacher, The Global Edge School Hyderabad Mary Sumalatha, Sister Nivedita School Hyderabad Faculty, Jain oday we teachers are as not getting an Heritage A athukamma is a unique festival of Telangana busy as bees, arranging opportunity to Cambridge School and represents the cultural spirit of the state. T teaching materials and adapt social B It is a much-awaited festival by the women- preparing for our effective on- skills from so- Kondapur folk. Though predominantly celebrated in Telangana, line classes. We are definitely ciety. some parts of Andhra Pradesh also celebrate it with missing all the fun with our col- Now we all are accepting ussehra was cel- the same fervour. It is a nine-day festival celebrated leagues, organising our class- the new normal. Teaching qual- ebrated with with much fanfare, beginning from Mahalaya room, spending time with our ity has improved with the help D great fervour Amavasya and culminating with Pedda Bathukam- students and many amazing of technology. We, teachers, and enthusiasm virtual- ma or Saddula Bathukamma on Durga Ashtami. school events. have become tech-savvy and are ly in Jain Heritage a Cam- Bathukamma is a floral arrangement of season- In the starting stage of on- trying our best to know each bridge School, Kondapur. al flowers, which are generally available on unculti- line classes, I was anxious student. The good part here is On this special day, as we vated and barren lands that have medicinal value. about how to handle my class, teachers are getting support celebrate valour and The flowers are arranged in seven concentric circles how to perceive my students' re- from the parents. Parents are courage, the triumph of taking the shape of a gopuram. Different names are quirements without seeing more involved in developing the good over evil, we wish the given to the floral arrangement on each of these nine them, how to help them; such cognitive and behavioural skills colour, bliss, and beauty of days and the offerings made, are also different, but questions were haunting my of their children. this festival, be with you nutritious and delicious. mind. Parents should encourage throughout the year! Bathukamma celebrated in villages is distinctive Students have also been their children to improve their Keeping the festive spirit as it is a mirror to their lifestyle, simple and in the yearning for school. They are social skills by spending more alive, a special assembly was lap of nature. The women and the young girls dressed missing all the classroom fun, quality time with them. We can't conducted on Dussehra. Stu- in their best traditional attire, gather around the as they are unable to meet and predict when science would be dents on the virtual platform Bathukamma every evening. Moving around the interact with their friends phys- able to find a solution to the cur- worked collectively to partic- Dussehra in South India is ebration. It was a delight to watch Bathukamma in a circle clapping rhythmically,they ically. Being a mother of two rent crisis. Let us hope for the ipate in an array of activities synonymous with 'Bommala the ensemble of brightly dressed sing songs touching many issues. On the last day the children, this is solicitude for best and be productive for the which included speeches on Koluvu', the arrangement of students in their traditional Bathukammas are immersed in water with great de- me as well as my children are creation of a better generation. Dussehra, poetic Ramayana, idols and dolls in step-like hori- dresses, grooving to the beats of votion and with a silent prayer is rendered by every and dances to glorify the oc- zontal arrays which is an inte- their regional music, embel- woman. casion. Dandiya, a tradi- gral part of the nine-day festival. lished with folklores and stories. The essence of this unique festival is paying trib- tional dance, was performed Students shared amazing It was a true celebration of the ute to the power of nature combined with the in- by the middle-wing students facts about this pan-India festi- cultural and regional history of herent spirituality in man. Nature is invincible, and gracefully. The show wit- val that is celebrated in different the Telangana region. man needs to and must respect and conserve it, to nessed exuberant dance ways in different parts of the A spectacular show exhibit- lead a happy and prosperous life. and musical renditions in- country such as Garbha- ing the traditional jewellery By propitiating 'Mother Goddess' as Gauri Devi spiring the audience to re- Dandiya, Ramlila, Golu, and Dur- worn during Navratri with the or Bathukamma literally meaning - 'Mother Goddess discover their inner ga Pooja. It was a collaborative 'navratans,' the nine gems, was come Alive', the womenfolk pray for the health and strengths and calibre. activity of the parents and stu- performed by the students from wellbeing of their families. Grandparent of Srini- dents and the exhibits were a vi- senior wing. Finally,the students Not to be outdone by the pandemic, students and ka of class VI depicted sual treat to all. shared how we should stay safe staff of Sister Nivedita School celebrated Bathukam- the story behind the cel- Students were able to encap- during this pandemic by always ma festival virtually ebration of this festival sulate the cultural, religious, and keeping the essentials such as It was a feast to the eyes. Correspondent of the conveying the message mythological aspects of the masks and sanitizers. The beau- school Hari Hara Prasad and principal T Lalitha Ku- of 'Dussehra-Victory of Bathukamma festival through tiful presentations by students mari, extended their warm greetings to the students, Good over Evil'. an invigorating and colourful cel- left everyone spellbound. parents and staff of the school.

Shreeverdhani Nigam, Ravana was a great schol- ar whose 10 heads de- class V D, scribed his vast knowl- Global Edge School edge and power, but his immoral desires and pride Kukatpally transformed him to a de- mon. fter nine days of His 10 heads also de- Navratri, pict lust, anger, delusion, A Dussehra is cele- greed, pride, envy, de- brated on the 10th structive mind day. As per the and intellect, ill Hindu mythology, will and ego. Investiture Ceremony King Rama along Huge effigies with his younger of Ravana are them of the responsibilities that come brother Laxman burnt during the Army Public School with their positions and advised them and a huge army festival as a re- to use their powers wisely. of monkeys head- minder to the Bolarum The newly appointed cabinet mem- ed by Lord Hanu- mortals that it is bers took an oath promising to per- man fought a great battle necessary to make our five rmy Public School Bolarum ap- form their duties diligently and up- to free Goddess Sita from senses work in the right pointed its new Student Cabinet hold the ideals of the school. the captivity of demon direction. A for the year 2020-21 in an elabo- Several alumni of the school king Ravana. Hence, Dussehra is a rate ceremony which was conducted who have been selected in the Nation- The entire episode is festival that is celebrated online. Ojal Sengar and Steve S Samuel al Defence Academy conveyed their beautifully written in the to mark the victory of were elected as the school captains. congratulations to the appointees religious epic Ramayana. good over evil. Addressing the students, Smitha through video recordings and moti- Govind, principal, congratulated them vated the students to pursue their on their achievement. She reminded dreams without giving up.

EPIC LESSONS: DUSSEHRA AND WOMEN EMPOWERMENT DUSSEHRA NISHIKA, class VI B, Army he Indian Civilisation is one of the oldest civili- filled with growth and eternal wealth, people are still A very happy Dussehra, Public School, sations and the only one to retain its culture facing various forms of discrimination. I wish you today. Golconda, T and characteristics till today's times. Over this In many towns in India, women are looked down For the welfare of all, let us pray. Hyderabad journey of more than two millennium, we have upon and treated as second class citizens. There developed a number of traditions and cus- are still high rates of female foeticide and To celebrate the victory of good toms. One of them is the tradition of cel- infanticide. This is disgusting considering over evil. ebrating festivals like that of Dussehra. the fact that in days of the Vedic Period, We observe this festival with fan- Dussehra is celebrated to com- they said "A town will only be prosperous fare and zeal. memorate the various forms of Mother if women in that town are well taken care People go out to pray and enjoy Goddess that ends with her killing of" but we have forgotten that. on this day. Mahishasur - a demon. Our elders have Dussehra signifies good over evil. Yes, we But this year at home, we are always spoken about how it signifies the cannot deny that but more importantly Dussehra forced to stay. eternal victory of good over evil but they never speak is a woman's victory over a demon who underestimat- about its significance. ed her power and shamed her. We must remember Yet this time this festival will be People in the 21st century are living in the most this. even more grander. peaceful times than any generation or civilisation For the evil in our mind which we AKHIL BURRA, class IX, Gitanjali Devshala, before us. But even in this 21st century that has been will slaughter. Hyderabad No matter what time it is in the era. LESSONS TO LEARN FROM PLANTS Whenever we eliminate the evil in us, it will be our Dussehra. y favourite plant is California much as it possibly can. It never tells itself Redwood Tree. It is the tallest tree that ''I will stop growing after I reach a So, let us stay together with love M in the world. It is found in certain height.'' Similarly, we should also and care. California and its scientific name is never stop learning at a certain age. We And soon it will be the doom of Sequoia Sempervirens. The tree should learn more and more. We should evil and despair. belongs to Cupressaceae family. It is an never stop learning as life never stops ANIMESH PANIGRAHI, class VI evergreen, monoecious tree living 1,200 teaching. to 1,800 years or even more. This tree D, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans motivates me a lot. Plants don't set limits ABHIJITH KS, class VIII F, Bhavans Public School, Jubilee Hills FINESSE SPARSHA PRASAD, class IX, AMIDST NATURE: NETHRA, class VI, for themselves. A plant wants to grow as Sri Ramakrishna Vidyalaya, Sainikpuri Delhi School of Excellence, Attapur Deccan's Pride School, Rampally “One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.” SIMPLY SPORTS Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, former basketball player 04 MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2020 TOP BOWLING SPELLS From Varun Chakravarthy’s maiden fifer against Delhi Capitals (DC) to Trent Boult wreaking havoc versus MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK), here’s looking back at top 5 bowling spells in IPL 2020 so far

RABADA VS RCB VARUN VS DC MORRIS VS RR BOULT VS CSK

South African pace ace It takes something spe- Chris Morris has been a cial to bundle out MS revelation for the Virat Dhoni-led Chennai Kohli-led side in the Super Kings and that ongoing season too in a must-win of the IPL 13. clash. Joining Morris, who forces with was bought Bumrah in for a matchday 41, whopping Boult disman- `10 cr tled the three- registered time champions his best figures with a match- against Rajasthan winning spell. He Royals on matchday registered 4/18 as the 33 of the cash-rich Kiwi pacer bagged a historic league. The Proteas four-for, setting up a MI win. pacer removed the South African pace ace Rabada Mystery spinner Varun Chak- likes of Ben Stokes, has been one of the most ravarthy made his presence felt VS Steve Smith, Jos impactful players for the Delhi in match 42against the high-fly- BUMRAH RR Buttler, and Archer Capitals this season. Besides ing Delhi Capitals. Dishing out Regarded as the linchpin of to prevent RR from ruling the Purple Cap standings his best performance, Chakra- Mumbai’s bowling unit, Indian speed scoring big against in the 13th edition of the cash- varthy bagged his maiden five- merchant Jasprit Bumrah was right the Bangalore fran- rich league, Rabada has helped for in Kolkata’s crucial win over on the money when Mumbai Indians chise. Morris bagged DC win a series of thrilling the Shreyas Iyer-led side. crossed swords with the Rajasthan four wickets and encounters. In match No. 19 of Turning the high-voltage clash Royals in match No. 20 at the Sheikh leaked just 26 runs the IPL 13, Rabada propelled DC on its head, he architected DC’s Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Running in four overs. towards a comfortable win over batting collapse by removing the rings around RR’s formidable batting RCB in Dubai. Rabada bowled likes of Rishabh Pant, Shimron order, Bumrah returned with magnificent four overs and scalped four Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, skipper figures of four for 20 in Mumbai’s convincing wickets with an impressive Iyer and Axar Patel. His maiden win over the Smith-led side. Bumrah is only economy of 6.00 to make sure five-wicket haul (5/20) is the behind Rabada in the Purple Cap list with 17 DC finish ahead of RCB. first fifer of this season’s IPL. wickets in 10 matches.

RECORD BREAKER We’re trying to make AJAX'S 13-0 WIN IS BIGGEST Play with freedom, not IN DUTCH LEAGUE HISTORY with survival mind-set winning a habit: Rahul Ajax' Dutch forward Klaas Jan Huntelaar (2R) Shreyas scores the 0-11 goal Ajax routed ings XI Punjab skipper KL Rahul said his Iyer to side is trying to make winning a habit, VVV-Venlo 13-0 teammates after a fourth straight victory kept its for the biggest K play-offs hopes alive in the ongoing In- dian Premier League. KXIP made an incredible victory in Dutch comeback at the death, taking five wickets in the league history. final two overs to beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 12 runs and stay afloat in the tournament. Chas- All the goals ing a modest 127-run target on Sunday, SRH made came within 66 a mess of it after a solid 56-run opening stand be- tween skipper David Warner (35) and Jonny minutes as the Bairstow (19) to be all out for 114 in 19.5 overs. PTI margin of suc- cess eclipsed Ajax’s 12-1 vic- Yes we are making it (winning) a habit. In tory over the first half we somehow couldn't make Vitesse in 1972 this a habit. I am just speechless right in the now to be honest. Very happy with the Eredivisie. show from the boys. Photo: PTI KL Rahul, KXIP skipper Photo: ANI Photo: ANI

Tests he has played? What is AB de Villiers' West Indies at the Wanderers. a) 8765 K b) 8786 K Q8: highest score in Tests? a) January 2015 K b) November 2018 K c) 8976 K d) 9034 K a) 165 not out K b) 278 not out K c) September 2017 K d) None of the above K TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE c) 270 K d) 266 K In the 228 matches, how In IPL 2014, AB de Villiers CRICKET QUIZ | AB de Villiers Q7: many runs has ABD made What is AB de Villiers' Q12: smacked his countryman in his ODI career? Q9: highest score in ODI? ----- for 23 runs in one over? Against which team did AB a) 2009 K b) 2007 K a) 8765 K b) 8786 K a) 165 K b) 176 K c) 170 K a) Quinton de Kock K b) Dale Steyn K K K K K K Q1: de Villiers make his c) 2008 d) 2005 c) 9577 d) 9034 d) 166 c) Chris Morris K d) Kagiso Rabada K Test debut? a) West Indies K b) Zimbabwe K Against whom did AB de AB de Villiers became With 114 matches how K K c) England d) India Villiers play his last ODI? Q10: the first South African many centuries and half Q4: K K Q13: a) West Indies b) Zimbabwe to score a double-century against centuries has AB de Villiers made in In which year did AB de c) England K d) India K India with his undefeated 217. In Tests? Q2: Villiers make his which city was it scored? a) 22 and 46 K b) 27 and 46 K K K Test debut? Against whom did AB de a) Mumbai b) Nagpur c) 22 and 49 K d) 24 and 44 K a) 2000 K b) 2002 K Q5: Villiers play his last Test? c) Ahmedabad K d) Chennai K c) 2004 K d) 2008 K a) West Indies K b) Australia K c) England K d) India K ANSWERS: 1 c) England 2 c) 2004 3 d) 2005 In which year AB de 4 d) India 5 b) Australia 6 a) 8765 In which year did AB de Q11: Villiers broke the record 7 c) 9577 8 b) 278 not out 9 b) 176 Q3: Villiers make his How many runs has AB de for the fastest ODI century, 10 c) Ahmedabad 11 a) January 2015 12 b) Dale Steyn 13 a) 22 and 46 ODI debut? Q6: Villiers made in the 114 reaching it in just 31 balls against