Sunil Gavaskar and Zaheer Abbas, captains of the two teams, led their players into the field. The participants took their guard and Charu Sharma bowled the first question. Ravi Shastri, Sanjay Manjrekar, Srikant, Rameez Raja, Asif Iqbal and Sikander Bakht took turns batting with their captains. ``We are using the backdrop of the recent India and Pakistan test matches for this contest,'' explained R.K. Singh, CEO of ESPN Software India private limited. ``When you make a cricket show in India, you are guaranteed an audience.''

Ravi Shastri made the purpose of the game clear. ``It is Pakistan we are playing against and whenever we do that we want to win.''

``This show is good for more than one reasons,'' said Zaheer Abbas. ``For one, viewers will realise that players know a lot more than just winning and losing on the field.''

Cricket trivia did not seem to be a problem with the cricketers. ``I used to follow statistics as a young kid and continued to do so even when I started playing,'' Shastri said. On winning the quiz, Abbas said: ``Beating India in India is very difficult. We have won one test so far and even if we lose the series I'll be a happy man.''

There was also plenty of fun on the field. Charu Sharma got the audience to roll their Rs when they pronounced Ravi Shastri. Then he had them going with Rameez Raja's name. Manjekar joined in with some more mimicry and the audience was roaring.