Australian cricket team in India in 2018–19 should not be confused with Indian cricket team in Australia in 2018–19.
| Series Name: | Australian cricket team in India in 2018–19 |
| Team1 Image: | Flag of India.svg |
| Team1 Name: | India |
| Team2 Image: | Flag of Australia.svg |
| Team2 Name: | Australia |
| From Date: | 24 February |
| To Date: | 13 March 2019 |
| Team1 Captain: | Virat Kohli |
| Team2 Captain: | Aaron Finch |
| No Of Odis: | 5 |
| Team1 Odis Won: | 2 |
| Team2 Odis Won: | 3 |
| Team1 Odis Most Runs: | Virat Kohli (310) |
| Team2 Odis Most Runs: | Usman Khawaja (383) |
| Team1 Odis Most Wickets: | Kuldeep Yadav (10) |
| Team2 Odis Most Wickets: | Pat Cummins (14) |
| Player Of Odi Series: | Usman Khawaja (Aus) |
| No Of Twenty20s: | 2 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Won: | 0 |
| Team2 Twenty20s Won: | 2 |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Runs: | KL Rahul (97) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Runs: | Glenn Maxwell (169) |
| Team1 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Jasprit Bumrah (3) |
| Team2 Twenty20s Most Wickets: | Nathan Coulter-Nile (4) |
| Player Of Twenty20 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 2–0, 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 3–2.[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 2–3 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. Andrew Tye replaced Kane Richardson in Australia's ODI squad after Richardson was ruled out due to injury.[11]
Siddarth Kaul was selected for first two ODIs, with Bhuvneshwar Kumar replacing him for remaining three ODIs in India's ODI squad. 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,[12] but no replacement was made in their T20I squad.[13] 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.[14]
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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.[17] The fifth episode of Season 1 featured Australia playing the 5 ODIs against India.