Australian cricket team in India in 2018β19 | |||
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India | Australia | ||
Dates | 24 February β 13 March 2019 | ||
Captains | Virat Kohli | Aaron Finch | |
One Day International series | |||
Results | Australia won the 5-match series 3β2 | ||
Most runs | Virat Kohli (310) | Usman Khawaja (383) | |
Most wickets | Kuldeep Yadav (10) | Pat Cummins (14) | |
Player of the series | Usman Khawaja (Aus) | ||
Twenty20 International series | |||
Results | Australia won the 2-match series 2β0 | ||
Most runs | KL Rahul (97) | Glenn Maxwell (169) | |
Most wickets | Jasprit Bumrah (3) | Nathan Coulter-Nile (4) | |
Player of the series | Glenn Maxwell (Aus) |
The Australia cricket team toured India from February and March 2019 to play two Twenty20 International (T20I) and five One Day International (ODI) matches. [1] [2] [3] The ODI fixtures were part of both teams' preparation for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. [4] Australia won the T20I series 2β0, their first T20I series win against India. [5]
India won the first two ODIs of the series, and with their victory in the second match, registered their 500th win in the format. [6] India became the second team, after Australia, to record 500 wins in ODIs. [7] Despite losing the first two matches, Australia went on to win the ODI series 3β2. [8] It was the first time that Australia had won an ODI series in India since 2009. [9] It was also the first series loss for India at home since losing 2β3 to South Africa in October 2015, and Virat Kohli's first ODI series loss at home. [10]
Shaun Marsh was included in Australia's ODI squad, with D'Arcy Short named as cover for Marsh. [11] Andrew Tye replaced Kane Richardson in Australia's ODI squad after Richardson was ruled out due to injury. [12]
Siddarth Kaul was selected for first two ODIs, with Bhuvneshwar Kumar replacing him for remaining three ODIs in India's ODI squad. [13] Ahead of the tour, Hardik Pandya was ruled out of India's squads due to injury. Ravindra Jadeja replaced him in India's ODI squad, [14] but no replacement was made in their T20I squad. [15] MS Dhoni was rested for the final two ODIs of the series, with Rishabh Pant named as the wicket-keeper in India's squad in his place. [16]
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India [13] | Australia [11] | India [13] | Australia [11] |
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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. [29] The fifth episode of Season 1 featured Australia playing the 5 ODIs against India.