Ian Botham moved up the middle order by dismissing Sandeep Patil, Kapil Dev and Yashpal Sharma.
On this day in 1980 in Mumbai, Ian Botham scored a brilliant counter-century under pressure and also made a comeback with 13 wickets in the match.
February 15-19, 1980: It was the only Test between hosts India and England at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai to mark the golden jubilee of the BCCI. Gundappa Vishwanath won the toss and elected to bat first. Sunil Gavaskar and Roger Binny gave the team a strong start by adding half-centuries for the opening wicket and were run out later. Dilip Vengsarkar and Gavaskar took the score to 102 before England great all-rounder Ian Botham removed the Little Master. This opened the floodgates and India started losing wickets at regular intervals.
Botham moved up the middle order by dismissing Sandeep Patil, Kapil Dev and Yashpal Sharma among others. He returned with 6-58 in just 23 overs as the home team was bowled out for 242.
Botham and Bob Taylor put on 171 runs for the sixth wicket before India bounced back and bundled out England for 58 for 5. Botham continued to dominate the stands and scored a brilliant counter-century. He scored 114 runs in just 144 balls – an innings that included 17 fours – and took England past the Indian total. Visitors posted 296.
India collapsed in the second innings as the great Botham scored 7-48 in 26 overs. He dismissed Gavaskar, Binny, Vishwanath, Patil, Sharma, Kirmani and Shivlal Yadav as the hosts were bowled out for 149 in 53 overs.
England won by 10 wickets. Botham had the greatest all-rounder performance in Test cricket history. He became the first player to score a century and take more than 10 wickets in a match. Since then the feat has been repeated only twice in Test cricket – Imran Khan scoring 117 runs and taking 11 wickets against India at Faisalabad in 1983 and Shakib-al-Hasan scoring 137 runs and 10 against Zimbabwe in 2014 at Khulna. Wickets taken.
The quality of his 13 wickets in the match stood out for Botham – he got most of the top-middle-order batsmen early in his innings and scored his century not only at high speed, but also under severe pressure with his half-side Make. Pavilion with just 50 odd on the board. It showcased his extraordinary ability, talent, skill and temperament. I
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