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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1978–79 Duleep Trophy
| image =
| imagesize =
| fromdate = 20 October 1978
| todate = 18 March 1979
| caption =
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket]]
| tournament format = [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]]
| host =
| champions = [[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]]
| count = 2
| participants = 5
| matches = 4
| attendance =
| most runs = [[Surinder Khanna]] (NZ) (244)<ref>{{cite web|title=Batting and Fielding in Duleep Trophy 1978/79 (Ordered by Runs) |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Duleep_Trophy_1978-79/Batting_by_Runs.html|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Dhiraj Parsana]] (WZ) (17)<ref>{{cite web|title=Bowling in Duleep Trophy 1978/79 (Ordered by Wickets) |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Duleep_Trophy_1978-79/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1977–78
| previous_tournament = 1977–78 Duleep Trophy
| next_year = 1979–80
| next_tournament = 1979–80 Duleep Trophy
}}

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

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

==Results==
{{5TeamBracket
| RD1=Quarterfinal
| RD2=Semifinals
| RD3=Final

| RD1-seed1=
| RD1-team1='''[[Central Zone cricket team|Central Zone]]'''
| RD1-score1=W
| RD1-seed2=
| RD1-team2=[[South Zone cricket team|South Zone]]
| RD1-score2=

| RD2-seed1=
| RD2-team1='''[[West Zone cricket team|West Zone]]'''
| RD2-score1=W
| RD2-seed2=
| RD2-team2=[[Central Zone cricket team|Central Zone]]
| RD2-score2=

| RD2-seed3=
| RD2-team3=[[East Zone cricket team|East Zone]]
| RD2-score3=
| RD2-seed4=
| RD2-team4='''[[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]]'''
| RD2-score4=W

| RD3-seed1=
| RD3-team1=[[West Zone cricket team|West Zone]]
| RD3-score1=
| RD3-seed2=
| RD3-team2='''[[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]]'''
| RD3-score2=FIL
}}

===Final===
{{Test match | date = 15–18 March 1979
| team2 = [[West Zone cricket team|West Zone]] | team1 = [[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]]
| score-team1-inns1 = 417 (157.2 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]] 89
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Rajendra Jadeja]] 3/72
| score-team2-inns1 = 277 (86.1 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Sunil Gavaskar]] 130*
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Kapil Dev]] 7/65
| score-team1-inns2 = 263/8 dec (123 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Mohinder Amarnath]] 65*
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Dhiraj Parsana]] 5/65
| score-team2-inns2 = 102/2 (36 overs)
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Dilip Vengsarkar]] 56*
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]] 1/28
| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground]], [[Delhi]]
| toss = West Zone won the toss and elected to field.
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/38/38961.html Scorecard]
| result = Match drawn; North Zone won on first innings lead
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Duleep_Trophy_1978-79.html Series home at CricketArchive]

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[[Category:Duleep Trophy seasons]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1978–79|Duleep Trophy]]
[[Category:1978 in Indian cricket|Duleep Trophy]]
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Samyakkpravesh at 22:28, 28 January 2024