Indian cricket team in Australia in 2018–19 | |||
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Australia | India | ||
Dates | 21 November 2018 – 18 January 2019 | ||
Captains | Tim Paine (Tests) Aaron Finch (T20Is & ODIs) | Virat Kohli | |
Test series | |||
Result | India won the 4-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Marcus Harris (258) [1] | Cheteshwar Pujara (521) [1] | |
Most wickets | Nathan Lyon (21) [2] | Jasprit Bumrah (21) [2] | |
Player of the series | Cheteshwar Pujara (Ind) | ||
One Day International series | |||
Results | India won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
Most runs | Shaun Marsh (224) [3] | MS Dhoni (193) [3] | |
Most wickets | Jhye Richardson (6) [4] | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (8) [4] | |
Player of the series | MS Dhoni (Ind) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | 3-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
Most runs | Glenn Maxwell (78) [5] | Shikhar Dhawan (117) [5] | |
Most wickets | Adam Zampa (3) [6] | Krunal Pandya (5) [6] | |
Player of the series | Shikhar Dhawan (Ind) |
The India cricket team toured Australia from November 2018 to January 2019 to play four Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. [7] [8] [9] [10] Initially, the Test match at the Adelaide Oval was planned to be a day/night fixture, but the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) declined the offer from Cricket Australia to play the match under lights. [11] In April 2018, the Western Australian Cricket Association confirmed that the Perth Stadium would host its first ever Test match. [12] During the second Test, it became the tenth venue in Australia to host a Test match. [13]
India's regular wicket-keeper for limited overs matches, MS Dhoni, was not named in the side's squad for the T20I fixtures for this series and the ones against the West Indies. [14] Instead, India's Test wicket-keeper, Rishabh Pant, was selected in Dhoni's place. [15] The T20I series was drawn 1–1, after the second match finished in a no result. [16] India won the Test series 2–1, after the fourth match of the series finished as a draw. [17] India became the first Asian team to win a Test series in Australia. [18] [19]
In the ODI series that followed, Australia won the first match by 34 runs, recording their 1,000th win in international cricket. [20] However, India went on to win the next two games, and consequently the series 2–1; [21] in the process recording their first bilateral ODI series victory in Australia. [22] [23]
Mitchell Starc was added to Australia's T20I squad for the third match, replacing Billy Stanlake, who was injured. [30] Prithvi Shaw was ruled out of India's Test squad due to injury and was replaced by Mayank Agarwal. [31] Hardik Pandya was also added to India's squad for the last two Test matches. [32] Marnus Labuschagne was added to Australia's squad for the fourth Test. [33] Jasprit Bumrah was rested for the ODI series and was replaced by Mohammed Siraj in India's squad. [34] Mitchell Marsh was ruled out of Australia's squad for the first ODI due to illness and was replaced by Ashton Turner. [35]
On 11 January 2019, Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul were suspended by the BCCI following controversial comments they made on the Indian talk show Koffee with Karan earlier in the month. [36] They were ruled out of the ODI series of this tour, and all of the fixtures of India's tour to New Zealand. [37] Vijay Shankar was added to India's ODI squad as a replacement. [38]
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28 November–1 December 2018 Scorecard |
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Entering the series, India held the Border–Gavaskar Trophy after winning the 2017 series 2–1. Australia won the previous series at home 2–0 in 2014–15.
6–10 December 2018 Scorecard |
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14–18 December 2018 Scorecard |
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26–30 December 2018 Scorecard |
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3–7 January 2019 Scorecard |
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An Australian docu-series – The Test was produced, following the Australian national cricket team in the aftermath of the Australian ball tampering scandal. [53] The third and fourth episodes of Season 1 featured Australia playing the 4 tests against India.