English cricket team in India in 1979–80

Date	15 February 1980 - 19 February 1980
Location	India
Result	England won the Only Test

English cricket team in India in 1979-80
Date	15 February 1980 - 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.

Only Test match

15–19 February 1980
scorecard

India	v	England
242 (69.5 overs) Sunil Gavaskar 49 Ian Botham 6/58 (22.5 overs)		296 (97.1 overs) Ian Botham 114 Karsan Ghavri 5/52 (20.1 overs)
149 (52.1 overs) Kapil Dev 45 Ian Botham 7/48 (26 overs)		98 (no wicket, 29.3 overs) Graham Gooch 49 Sunil Gavaskar 0/4 (1 overs)

England won by 10 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: JD Ghosh, SN Hanumantha Rao

India won the toss and decided to bat

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English cricket team in India in 1979–80

Only Test match

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