1978–79 Duleep Trophy

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.

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
Matches played4
Most runsSurinder Khanna (NZ) (244)[1]
Most wicketsDhiraj Parsana (WZ) (17)[2]

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

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

Final
15–18 March 1979
Scorecard
v
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.
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