Indian cricket team in Australia in 2018–19
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. 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. In April 2018, the Western Australian Cricket Association confirmed that the Perth Stadium would host its first ever Test match. During the second Test, it became the tenth venue in Australia to host a Test match.
| Indian cricket team in Australia in 2018–19 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | Cheteshwar Pujara (521) | |
| Most wickets | Nathan Lyon (21) | Jasprit Bumrah (21) | |
| 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) | MS Dhoni (193) | |
| Most wickets | Jhye Richardson (6) | Bhuvneshwar Kumar (8) | |
| Player of the series | MS Dhoni (Ind) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | 3-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Glenn Maxwell (78) | Shikhar Dhawan (117) | |
| Most wickets | Adam Zampa (3) | Krunal Pandya (5) | |
| 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. Instead, India's Test wicket-keeper, Rishabh Pant, was selected in Dhoni's place. The T20I series was drawn 1–1, after the second match finished in a no result. India won the Test series 2–1, after the fourth match of the series finished as a draw. India became the first Asian team to win a Test series in Australia.
In the ODI series that followed, Australia won the first match by 34 runs, recording their 1,000th win in international cricket. However, India went on to win the next two games, and consequently the series 2–1; in the process recording their first bilateral ODI series victory in Australia.