Padhai Cricket — every question is a ball
A real T20 match played with questions. Answer fast and correctly for a six, take your time for a single, and a wrong answer loses you a wicket. Bat, bowl, review with DRS and win the match.
Padhai Cricket is a free quiz game played as a real T20 match. Each question is one ball. A correct answer in the first quarter of the timer is a six, the next quarter a four, then two runs and a single. A wrong answer, or running out of time, is a wicket.
Set up the match
Pick who is playing, which subject the bowling comes from, and how long the match is.
Against the computer, or two players on one device.
The computer names itself. Yours goes on the scoreboard.
Maths is made fresh every ball, so it never repeats.
Sets the difficulty and the time you get per ball.
Five overs is about ten minutes for both innings.
A line after every ball, on screen or read aloud.
Your record
Saved only in this browser.
Call the toss
Heads or tails?
Scorecard
A real match, where your answer is the shot
Nothing here is random. Every run, every wicket and every result comes from how quickly and how correctly you answered. Knowing the subject is the only way to win.
Set up and toss
Choose your subject, your class and the number of overs, then call heads or tails. The winner decides whether to bat or bowl first.
Bat with speed
Each question is one ball. Answer in the first quarter of the timer for a six, the second for a four, the third for two runs and the last for a single.
Bowl with accuracy
When you bowl, a fast correct answer is a wicket, a slower one is a dot ball or a single, and a wrong answer is hit to the boundary.
Win and collect
Chase down the target before the overs or the wickets run out, then download your Man of the Match certificate.
How runs are scored
Every ball has a timer. The faster you answer correctly, the better the shot:
First quarter of the timer — SIX.
Second quarter — FOUR.
Third quarter — two runs.
Last quarter — one run.
Wrong answer or no answer — you are out.
That is why guessing quickly is a bad idea. A wrong answer in one second costs you a wicket just as surely as a wrong answer in ten.
How bowling works
Bowling flips the same rule around. A correct answer in the first quarter of the timer is a wicket. In the second quarter it is a dot ball, in the third a single and in the last two runs. Get it wrong and the batter hits you for four or six.
So a bowler needs the same knowledge as a batter but under more pressure — which is exactly how real cricket feels.
DRS — one review per innings
Cricket gives a batting side one chance to challenge a decision, and so does this game. When you are given out, you may review it once per innings. Two wrong options are removed and you answer the same question again.
Survive the review and you are not out and take a single. Get it wrong again and the decision stands. Use it on a question you half know, not on one you have never seen.
Where the questions come from
Maths questions are generated fresh every ball, so they never repeat — tables, percentages, areas, equations, trigonometry and more, matched to your class. Science, English and general knowledge come from a bank of over a thousand questions.
Every question, right or wrong, shows a one-line explanation afterwards. Over a 10-over match that is sixty small lessons.
Padhai Cricket — your questions
How does the quiz cricket game work?
Every question is one ball of a T20 match. If you answer correctly in the first quarter of the timer it is a six, in the second quarter a four, in the third two runs and in the last a single. A wrong answer or no answer at all is a wicket. Both sides bat one innings and the higher score wins.
How do you take wickets when you are bowling?
The rule is reversed. A correct answer in the first quarter of the timer is a wicket, in the second a dot ball, in the third a single and in the last two runs. Answer wrongly and the batter hits you for four or six, so bowling rewards speed even more than batting does.
What is the DRS review in this game?
Each batting side gets one review per innings, just as in real cricket. When you are given out you may review the decision, which removes two wrong options and lets you answer the same question again. Get it right and you are not out and take a single. Get it wrong and the decision stands.
Which subjects and classes does it cover?
Maths, Science, English, general knowledge, or all of them mixed together, for Class 3 to 5, Class 6 to 8 and Class 9 to 12. The maths questions are generated fresh every ball, so they never repeat, and the other subjects come from a bank of over a thousand questions.
Can two students play on the same device?
Yes. In two-player mode the first player bats a full innings, then the device is passed over and the second player chases the target. You can also play alone against the computer, where you bat one innings and bowl the other.
Can a teacher run this on a classroom smart board?
Yes. Classroom mode makes the match full-screen with large text. Split the class into two teams and let them answer aloud. The keys 1 to 4 choose an option and Enter plays the next ball, so the match runs without touching the screen, and a 5-over game takes about ten minutes.
Is it just luck, or does knowing the subject matter?
Nothing in the match is random. Every run, wicket and result comes from how quickly and how correctly the questions are answered, so the better player almost always wins. Guessing is punished hard, because a wrong answer in one second costs a wicket just as much as a wrong answer in ten.
Is anything saved or sent anywhere?
Only your match record — matches played, won, best score and sixes — and it stays in that browser on that device. Nothing is uploaded, there is no login and the game is completely free.