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Cricket tournament
1978–79 Duleep Trophy
Dates20 October 1978 – 18 March 1979
Administrator(s)BCCI
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsNorth Zone (2nd title)
Participants5
Matches4
Most runsSurinder Khanna (NZ) (244)
Most wicketsDhiraj Parsana (WZ) (17)
1977–781979–80

The 1978–79 Duleep Trophy was the 18th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament contested by five zonal teams of India: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, South Zone and West Zone.

North Zone won the final against West Zone on first innings lead.

Results

Quarterfinal Semifinals Final
         
West Zone W
Central Zone
Central Zone W
South Zone
West Zone
North Zone FIL
East Zone
North Zone W

Final

15–18 March 1979
Scorecard
North Zone v West Zone
417 (157.2 overs)
Yashpal Sharma 89
Rajendra Jadeja 3/72
277 (86.1 overs)
Sunil Gavaskar 130*
Kapil Dev 7/65
263/8 dec (123 overs)
Mohinder Amarnath 65*
Dhiraj Parsana 5/65
102/2 (36 overs)
Dilip Vengsarkar 56*
Yashpal Sharma 1/28
Match drawn; North Zone won on first innings lead
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi
  • West Zone won the toss and elected to field.

References

  1. "Batting and Fielding in Duleep Trophy 1978/79 (Ordered by Runs)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  2. "Bowling in Duleep Trophy 1978/79 (Ordered by Wickets)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

External links

Duleep Trophy
Seasons
Teams


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