Indian cricket team in Australia in 2018–19
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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]
| 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) | ||
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]
Squads
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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]
T20I series
1st T20I
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- India were set a revised target of 174 runs in 17 overs due to rain.
2nd T20I
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain during India's innings prevented any further play.
3rd T20I
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Tour match
Four-day match: Cricket Australia XI vs India
28 November–1 December 2018 Scorecard |
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- Cricket Australia XI won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
Test series
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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.
1st Test
6–10 December 2018 Scorecard |
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Marcus Harris (Aus) made his Test debut.
- Cheteshwar Pujara (Ind) scored his 5,000th run in Tests.[39]
- Rishabh Pant (Ind) equalled the Test record for the most dismissals in a match by a wicket-keeper (11).[40]
- The match saw the most dismissals through catches in Tests (35).[40]
- This was the first time that India had won the opening Test of a series in Australia.[41]
2nd Test
14–18 December 2018 Scorecard |
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was the first Test to be played at this venue.[42]
- Virat Kohli (Ind) scored his 25th century in Tests.[43]
- Tim Paine won his first Test as captain of Australia.[44]
3rd Test
26–30 December 2018 Scorecard |
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible during the first session on day 5 due to rain.
- Mayank Agarwal (Ind) made his Test debut.
- India retained the Border–Gavaskar Trophy as a result of winning this match.[45]
- India became the fifth side to reach 150 wins in Test cricket.[46]
- Virat Kohli equalled Sourav Ganguly's record of most overseas Test wins as India captain.[47]
4th Test
3–7 January 2019 Scorecard |
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bad light and rain prevented any play from 4:25 pm on Day 3 to 1:50 pm on Day 4. Bad light further prevented play during the third session on Day 4 and all of Day 5.
- Rishabh Pant became the first wicket-keeper for India to score a century in Australia.[48]
ODI series
1st ODI
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jason Behrendorff (Aus) made his ODI debut.
- Bhuvneshwar Kumar (Ind) took his 100th wicket in ODIs.[49]
- MS Dhoni became the fifth cricketer to score 10,000 runs for India in ODIs.[50]
- This was Australia's 1,000th win in international cricket.[20]
2nd ODI
3rd ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Vijay Shankar (Ind) made his ODI debut.
- Yuzvendra Chahal (Ind) recorded the joint-best figures by a bowler in ODIs in Australia and the best by a spinner (6/42).[51]
In popular culture
An Australian docu-series – The Test was produced, following the Australian national cricket team in the aftermath of the Australian ball tampering scandal.[52] The third and fourth episodes of Season 1 featured Australia playing the 4 tests against India.
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