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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1979-80 Ranji Trophy
| image = Ranji_trophy.jpg
| imagesize = 285px
| fromdate =
| todate =
| caption = The Ranji Trophy, which the winners get.
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
| cricket format = [[First-class cricket]]
| tournament format = League and [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout]]
| host =
| champions = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| count = 2
| participants = 24
| matches =
| attendance =
| player of the series =
| most runs = [[Dilip Vengsarkar]] (Bombay) (763)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1979/80 / Records / Most runs |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1979-80/Batting_by_Runs.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| most wickets = [[Rajinder Goel]] (Haryana) (44)<ref>{{cite web|title=Ranji Trophy, 1979/80 / Records / Most wickets |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1979-80/Bowling_by_Wickets.html|access-date=13 December 2014}}</ref>
| website =
| previous_year = 1978–79
| previous_tournament = 1978–79 Ranji Trophy
| next_year = 1980–81
| next_tournament = 1980–81 Ranji Trophy
}}

The '''1979–80 Ranji Trophy''' was the 46th season of the [[Ranji Trophy]]. [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] retained the title defeating [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]].

==Group stage==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}

===North Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]
| 4 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || '''31''' || 2.393
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''19''' || 1.506
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 1.124
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Services cricket team|Services]]
| 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 1.039
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| 4 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.216
|}

===South Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''25''' || 1.307
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''21''' || 1.350
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Tamil Nadu]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 1.199
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Andhra cricket team|Andhra]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.839
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kerala cricket team|Kerala]]
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''8''' || 0.530
|}

===West Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 2.148
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]
| 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''19''' || 0.944
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Baroda cricket team|Baroda]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 0.816
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''13''' || 0.799
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''9''' || 0.739
|}
{{col-2}}

===Central Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]
| 4 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''24''' || 1.040
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''18''' || 1.310
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Madhya Pradesh cricket team|Madhya Pradesh]]
| 4 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || '''16''' || 0.950
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Railways cricket team|Railways]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''13''' || 1.093
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Vidarbha cricket team|Vidarbha]]
| 4 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 0 || '''9''' || 0.691
|}

===East Zone===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="width:160px"|Team
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|W|Won}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|D|Draw}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|T|Tied}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|NR|No Result}}
! style="width:25px"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}
! style="width:25px;"|{{Abbr|Q|Quotient}}
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''18''' || 2.270
|- style="background:#cfc;"
|style="text-align:left"|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''17''' || 1.783
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Orissa cricket team|Orissa]]
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || '''14''' || 0.921
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Assam cricket team|Assam]]
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || '''0''' || 0.292
|}
{{col-end}}

== Knockout stage ==
{{Round16|style=white-space:nowrap

| seed-width = 25px
| team-width = 150px
| score-width = 100px

|29 Feb 1980 — Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] '''(T)'''|333/6|[[Hyderabad cricket team|Hyderabad]]|245/5
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|29 Feb 1980 — Kanpur|[[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]]|265 & 117|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''226 & 157/3'''

|14 Mar 1980 — Calcutta|[[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]]|156 & 354|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''337 & 239/7d'''
|14 Mar 1980 — Jaipur|[[Rajasthan cricket team|Rajasthan]]|239 & 66/2|'''[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]'''|'''352 & 254/6d'''
|14 Mar 1980 — Bangalore|[[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]|320 & 167|'''[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]'''|'''232 & 258/5d'''
|14 Mar 1980 — Jamshedpur|[[Bihar cricket team|Bihar]]|190 & 425/7d|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''437 & 53/1'''

|28 Mar 1980 — Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''229 & 167'''|[[Maharashtra cricket team|Maharashtra]]|223 & 59
|28 Mar 1980 — Rohtak|[[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]|68 & 111|'''[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]'''|'''143 & 150'''

|11 Apr 1980 — Delhi|'''[[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]]'''|'''547 & 177'''|[[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]|245 & 239

|skipmatch01=no|skipmatch02=yes|skipmatch03=yes|skipmatch04=yes|skipmatch05=yes|skipmatch06=yes|skipmatch07=yes|skipmatch08=no
|RD1 = Pre-Quarter-finals|RD2 = Quarter-finals|RD3 = Semi-finals|RD4 = Finals
|3rdplace=no}}

'''(T)''' - Advanced to next round by spin of coin.

===Final===

{{Test match
| date = 11–16 April 1980
| team2 = [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]]
| team1 = [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] (H)
| score-team1-inns1 = '''547 (202.4 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Mohinder Amarnath]] 191, [[Kirti Azad]] 102
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Padmakar Shivalkar]] 5/125
| score-team2-inns1 = '''245 (93 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Dilip Vengsarkar]] 81
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Kirti Azad]] 3/55
| score-team1-inns2 = '''177 (68.1 overs)'''
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Surinder Khanna]] 44
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ravi Shastri]] 6/61
| score-team2-inns2 = '''239 (97.2 overs)'''
| runs-team2-inns2 = [[Sunil Gavaskar]] 93
| wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Bishan Bedi]] 5/60
| result = Delhi won by 240 runs
| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]]
| umpires = [[Bhairab Ganguli]] and [[V. Vikramraju]]
| motm =
| report = [https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1979-80/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/DELHI_BOM_RJI-FINAL_11-16APR1980.html Scorecard]
| toss = Delhi won the toss and decided to bat
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecards and averages==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/1/Ranji_Trophy_1979-80.html CricketArchive]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Ranji Trophy Seasons}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1979-80 Ranji Trophy}}
[[Category:1979 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:1980 in Indian cricket]]
[[Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1979–80]]
[[Category:Ranji Trophy seasons]]

{{Indian-domestic-cricket-competition-stub}}

1979 80 Ranji Trophy - Revision history

NickiStpierre68 at 11:26, 1 May 2026