Australian cricket team in India in 2018–19 explained

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]

Squads

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]

T20I series

2nd T20I

ODI series

3rd ODI

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5th ODI

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.[17] The fifth episode of Season 1 featured Australia playing the 5 ODIs against India.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Future Tours Programme. 11 December 2017. International Cricket Council.
  2. Web site: India set to play 63 international matches in 2018-19 season as they build up to Cricket World Cup. 17 February 2018.
  3. Web site: Hyderabad or Rajkot may host India's first ever Day-Night Test. 17 March 2018. Times of India.
  4. Web site: Australia to begin India tour with T20I in Bengaluru . 10 January 2019 . ESPNcricinfo.
  5. Web site: Maxwell magic stuns India in second T20I . Cricket Australia . 27 February 2019.
  6. Web site: Virat Kohli scores 40th hundred before superb death bowling sees India beat Australia . Sky Sports . 5 March 2019.
  7. Web site: India become second team to register 500 ODI wins . Cricket Country . 5 March 2019.
  8. Web site: Khawaja, bowlers stun India to claim 3–2 series win . International Cricket Council . 13 March 2019.
  9. Web site: Cricket: Australia defeats India to break ODI series drought . News Hub . 13 March 2019 .
  10. Web site: From 0-2 down, Khawaja, Zampa, Cummins and Handscomb stun India . ESPNcricinfo . 14 March 2019.
  11. Web site: Tye replaces injured Richardson for India ODIs . ESPNcricinfo . 27 February 2019.
  12. Web site: Hardik Pandya ruled out of Australia T20s and ODIs . ESPNcricinfo . 21 February 2019.
  13. Web site: Hardik Pandya ruled out of home series against Australia . International Cricket Council . 21 February 2019.
  14. Web site: Dhoni rested for final two ODIs against Australia . ESPNcricinfo . 8 March 2019.
  15. Web site: BCCI announces 15 member squad for limited overs series against Australia . News Nation. 15 February 2019.
  16. Web site: Australia name squad for India tour . Cricket Australia . 7 February 2019.
  17. News: Balachandran. Kanishkaa. 'The Test' review: Amazon Prime docu-series is all about the Australian cricket team's path to redemption. 2020-03-18. The Hindu. 2020-03-25. en-IN. 0971-751X.