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Disclaimer: NTA forgot to print the common data for Questions 28–30 in the candidate response sheet. We reverse-engineered the data based on student memory, so the table below is not the original NTA data. | Country | Test wickets | Test runs conceded | ODI wickets | ODI runs conceded | |---|---:|---:|---:|---:| | P | 17 | 523 | 18 | 594 | | Q | 22 | 704 | 20 | 392 | | R | 19 | 627 | 23 | 575 | | S | 16 | 496 | 17 | 408 | | T | 21 | 693 | 17 | 560 | | U | 18 | 573 | 12 | 360 | | Total | 113 | 3616 | 107 | 2889 |

Find the difference between the strike rate (runs conceded per wicket) of the bowler in ODI matches and that in Test matches.

4.75

5.25

✅ Correct Option: 2

Use the totals rather than averaging the country-wise rates. Overall Test strike rate: $\dfrac{3616}{113}=32$ runs per wicket. Overall ODI strike rate: $\dfrac{2889}{107}=27$ runs per wicket. Difference: $32-27=5$.

Question 28

Against which two countries did the bowler take the same number of wickets in test and ODI matches, respectively?

Question 29

Against which country is the bowler's strike rate (runs conceded per wicket) the best in ODI matches?

Find the difference between the strike rate (runs conceded per wicket) of the bowler in ODI matches and that in Test matches.

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