Indian national cricket team in Australia for the 2018/19 season

The tour of the Indian national cricket team to Australia in the 2018/19 season took place from November 21, 2018 to January 18, 2019. The international cricket tour was part of the 2018/19 international cricket season and included four tests , three ODIs and three Twenty20s . India won the Test and ODI series 2–1, while the Twenty20 series 1–1 ended in a draw.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour against South Africa , India against the West Indies . The last meeting of the two teams took place in the 2017/18 season in India .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Perth (PS) Sydney

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	1st test; 2. ODI
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1. T20
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	3rd test; 3. ODI; 2. T20
Perth Stadium	Perth	60,000	2nd test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	4. test; 1. ODI; 3. T20

Squad lists

India named its test and Twenty20 squad on October 26, 2018 and the ODI squad on January 8, 2019. Australia named its Twenty20 squad on November 8, 2018, and its test squad on November 22, 2018.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Australia	India	Australia	India	Australia	India
Tim Paine ( K , wk ) Josh Hazlewood ( UK ) Mitchell Marsh ( UK ) Pat Cummins Aaron Finch Peter Handscomb Marcus Harris Travis Head Usman Khawaja Marnus Labuschagne Nathan Lyon Shaun Marsh Peter Siddle Mitchell Starc Chris Tremain	Virat Kohli ( K ) Ajinkya Rahane ( UK ) Mayank Agarwal Ravichandran Ashwin Jasprite Bumrah Ravindra Jadeja Bhuvneshwar Kumar Hardik Pandya Rishabh Pant ( wk ) Parthiv Patel ( wk ) Cheteshwar Pujara KL Rahul Mohammed Shami Ishant Sharma Rohit Sharma Prithvi Shaw Hanuma Vihari Murali Vijay Kuldeep Yadav Umesh Yadav	Aaron Finch ( K ) Alex Carey ( VK , wk ) Jason Behrendorff Peter Handscomb Usman Khawaja Nathan Lyon Mitchell Marsh Shaun Marsh Glenn Maxwell Jhye Richardson Peter Siddle Billy Stanlake Marcus Stoinis Ashton Turner Adam Zampa	Virat Kohli ( K ) Rohit Sharma ( UK ) Khaleel Ahmed Jasprite Bumrah Yuzvendra Chahal Shikhar Dhawan MS Dhoni ( wk ) Ravindra Jadeja Kedar Jadhav Dinesh Karthik Bhuvneshwar Kumar Hardik Pandya KL Rahul Ambati Rayudu Mohammed Shami Vijay Shankar Mohammed Siraj Kuldeep Yadav	Aaron Finch ( K ) Alex Carey ( VK , wk ) Ashton agar Jason Behrendorff Nathan Coulter-Nile Chris Lynn Glenn Maxwell Ben McDermott D'Arcy Short Billy Stanlake Mitchell Starc Marcus Stoinis Andrew Tye Adam Zampa	Virat Kohli ( K ) Rohit Sharma ( UK ) Khaleel Ahmed Jasprite Bumrah Yuzvendra Chahal Shikhar Dhawan Shreyas Iyer Dinesh Karthik ( wk ) Bhuvneshwar Kumar Manish Pandey Krunal Pandya Rishabh Pant ( wk ) KL Rahul Washington Sundar Kuldeep Yadav Umesh Yadav

Tour match

November 29th - December 1st scorecard	Sydney	Indians 358 (92) & 211-2 (43.4)	-	Cricket Australia XI 544 (151.1)
		draw

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Brisbane

November 21 scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 158-4 (17/17)	-	India 169-7 (17/17)
		Australia wins with 4 runs ( D / L method )

Second Twenty20 in Melbourne

November 23 scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 132-7 (19)	-	India
		No result

Third Twenty20 in Sydney

November 25th scorecard	Sydney	Australia 164-6 (20)	-	India 168-4 (19.4)
		India wins with 6 wickets

Testing

First test in Adelaide

December 6-10 scorecard	Adelaide	India 250 (88) & 307 (106.5)	-	Australia 235 (98.4) & 291 (119.5)
		India wins with 31 runs

Second test in Perth

December 14-18 scorecard	Perth	Australia 326 (108.3) & 243 (93.2)	-	India 283 (105.5) & 140 (56)
		Australia wins with 146 runs

Third test in Melbourne

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Melbourne	India 443-7d (169.4) & 106-8d (37.3)	-	Australia 151 (66.5) & 261 (89.3)
		India wins with 137 runs

Fourth test in Sydney

January 3-7 Scorecard	Sydney	India 622-7d (167.2)	-	Australia 300 (104.5) & 6-0 (4) (f / o)
		draw

Winning the series for India was India's first victory in Australia in a Test series in 71 years.

One-day internationals

First ODI in Sydney

January 12th scorecard	Sydney	Australia 288-5 (50)	-	India 254-9 (50)
		Australia wins with 34 runs

Before the game, Indian players Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul were removed from the squad because comments on an Indian talk show were classified as sexist by the Indian association.

Second ODI in Adelaide

January 15 scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 298-9 (50)	-	India 299-4 (49.2)
		India wins with 6 wickets

Third ODI in Melbourne

January 18 scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 230 (48.4)	-	India 234-3 (49.2)
		India wins with 7 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rohit, Parthiv, Vijay picked for Australia tests; Pandya still unfit ( English ) Cricinfo. October 26, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
2. ↑ Dhoni not part of T20I squad to face West Indies and Australia ( English ) Cricinfo. October 26, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2018.
3. ↑ Bumrah rested; Siraj named replacement for Australia ODIs, NZ tour ( English ) Cricinfo. January 29, 2013. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
4. ↑ Starc, Marsh and Lyon left out of Australia T20I squad ( English ) ICC. November 8, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
5. ↑ Uncapped pair named in Aussie Test squad ( English ) Cricket Australia. November 22, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
6. ↑ Shashank Kishore: Kohli's India script historic series win in Australia ( English ) Cricinfo. January 7, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
7. ↑ Nagraj Gollapudi: Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul suspended pending inquiry ( English ) Cricinfo. January 11, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
8. ↑ Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul banned by India over Koffee with Karan comments ( English ) BBC. January 12, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2019.