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{{more footnotes|date=November 2012}}
{{Infobox cricket series
|series= English cricket team in India in 1979–80
|partof=
|image=
|caption=
|date= 15–19 February 1980
|place= {{flagicon|IND}} India
|result=England won the only Test
|team1={{cr|IND}}
|team2={{cr|ENG}}
|captain1=[[Gundappa Viswanath]]
|captain2=[[Mike Brearley]]
|runs1=[[Sunil Gavaskar]] (73) [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]] (48) [[Kapil Dev]] (45)
|runs2=[[Ian Botham]] (114) [[Geoff Boycott]] (65) [[Graham Gooch]] (57)
|wickets1=[[Karsan Ghavri]] (5) [[Kapil Dev]] (3) [[Dilip Doshi]] (1)
|wickets2=[[Ian Botham]] (13) [[John Lever]] (4) [[Graham Stevenson]] (2)
}}

The [[England national cricket team]] visited India in February 1980 and played a single [[Test cricket|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]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Rutnagur|first1=Dicky|title=Golden Jubilee Test, India v England 1979-80|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153583.html|access-date=14 July 2017|work=Wisden|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

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==Only Test match==
{{Test match
| date = 15–19 February 1980
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 242 (69.5 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Sunil Gavaskar]] 49 (68)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ian Botham]] 6/58 (22.5 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 296 (97.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Ian Botham]] 114 (144)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Karsan Ghavri]] 5/52 (20.1 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 149 (52.1 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Kapil Dev]] 45[[not out|*]] (82)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ian Botham]] 7/48 (26 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 = 98/0 (29.3 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Graham Gooch]] 49[[not out|*]] (85)
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Sunil Gavaskar]] 0/4 (1 overs)

| result = England won by 10 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63262.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Bombay]]
| umpires = [[Jiban Ghosh (umpire)|Jiban Ghosh]] (Ind) and [[SN Hanumantha Rao]] (Ind)
| motm=
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Graham Stevenson]] (Eng) made his Test debut.
*''16 February was a [[Glossary of cricket terms#R|rest day]].
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Events/0/England_in_Australia_and_India_1979-80.html Cricarchive]
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/60486.html Tour page CricInfo]
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/60486.html?view=records Record CricInfo]

{{International cricket tours of India}}

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[[Category:English cricket tours of India|1980]]
[[Category:Indian cricket seasons from 1970–71 to 1999–2000]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions from 1975–76 to 1980]]
[[Category:February 1980 sports events in Asia]]

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