English cricket team in India in 1979–80

The England national cricket team visited India in February 1980 and played a single Test match against the India national cricket team. It was played to celebrate the golden jubilee of the formation of Board of Control for Cricket in India.[1]

English cricket team in India in 1979–80
Date15–19 February 1980
LocationIndia India
ResultEngland won the only Test
Teams
 India  England
Captains
Gundappa Viswanath Mike Brearley
Most runs
Sunil Gavaskar (73)
Yashpal Sharma (48)
Kapil Dev (45)
Ian Botham (114)
Geoff Boycott (65)
Graham Gooch (57)
Most wickets
Karsan Ghavri (5)
Kapil Dev (3)
Dilip Doshi (1)
Ian Botham (13)
John Lever (4)
Graham Stevenson (2)

Test series

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Only Test

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15–19 February 1980
Scorecard
India  
v
242 (69.5 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 49 (68)
Ian Botham 6/58 (22.5 overs)
296 (97.1 overs)
Ian Botham 114 (144)
Karsan Ghavri 5/52 (20.1 overs)
149 (52.1 overs)
Kapil Dev 45* (82)
Ian Botham 7/48 (26 overs)
98/0 (29.3 overs)
Graham Gooch 49* (85)
Sunil Gavaskar 0/4 (1 overs)
England won by 10 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: Jiban Ghosh (Ind) and SN Hanumantha Rao (Ind)

References

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  1. ^ Rutnagur, Dicky. "Golden Jubilee Test, India v England 1979-80". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
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