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BCCI Golden Jubilee Test: Ian Botham’s Record-Breaking Feat in Mumbai, 1980

By Abhishek Mukherjee June 15, 2025 • 11:26 AM View: 6520

India Cricket History (India vs England 1980: A Historic Test, a Solar Eclipse, and a Sporting Gesture): India invited England for one Test match at the Wankhede Stadium to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the BCCI in February 1980. The match was attended by every living person to have played Test cricket for India.

England won by 10 wickets as Ian Botham (6/58, 114, 7/48) became the first cricketer to score a hundred and take 10 wickets in a Test match. Having scored 296, India reduced England to 58/5 when Botham added 171 with Bob Taylor (10 catches, 43 runs) to set up the match.

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