1979–80 Duleep Trophy

The 1979–80 Duleep Trophy was the 19th 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.

1979–80 Duleep Trophy

Dates	7 December 1979 – 23 January 1980
Administrator(s)	BCCI
Cricket format	First-class cricket
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Champions	North Zone (3rd title)
Participants	5
Matches	4
Most runs	Brijesh Patel (SZ) (228)[1]
Most wickets	Madan Lal (NZ) (12)[2]
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North Zone won the title, defeating West Zone in the final.

Results

Quarterfinal

Semifinals

Final

South Zone

West Zone

W

East Zone

South Zone

FIL

West Zone

North Zone

W

Central Zone

North Zone

W

Final

20–23 January 1980 Scorecard

North Zone	v	West Zone
165 (65 overs) Rakesh Shukla 41 Yajurvindra Singh 4/32		271 (66.5 overs) Anshuman Gaekwad 56 Madan Lal 4/81
345/7 dec (119 overs) Madan Lal 143* Naresh Parsana 3/86		135 (35.5 overs) Zulfiqar Parkar 28 Madan Lal 4/61

North Zone won by 104 runs Wankhede Stadium, Bombay

• North Zone won the toss and elected to bat.