English cricket team in India in 1979–80

English cricket team in India in 1979–80
Date	15–19 February 1980
Location	India
Result	England 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)
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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]

Test series

Only Test

15–19 February 1980 Scorecard

India	v	England
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)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Graham Stevenson (Eng) made his Test debut.
• 16 February was a rest day. This was because of a solar eclipse. ^[2]
• Bob Taylor (Eng) equalled the record of taking seven dismissals in a Test innings as the designated wicket-keeper. This was first achieved by Wasim Bari of Pakistan one year prior. ^[3]

References

1. Rutnagur, Dicky. "Golden Jubilee Test, India v England 1979-80". Wisden. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
2. Martin, Williamson (1 December 2006). "Botham's other finest hour". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
3. "Test records – Most dismissals in an innings by a wicket-keeper". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 21 September 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.

External links

• Cricarchive
• Tour page ESPNcricinfo
• Record ESPNcricinfo