2018–19 Indian cricket season

Cricket in India
Season 2018-19
Men's cricket
Duleep Trophy India Blue
Women's cricket
T20 Challenger Trophy India Blue Women
← 2017-18 India 2019-20 →

The 2018–19 Indian cricket season is the ongoing is the ongoing Indian cricket season. It is the 126th cricket season since the commencement of first-class cricket in India. The international cricket season started early in June 2018 with Afghanistan playing its home matches against Bangladesh.[1] The Indian national team started its season hosting Afghanistan for the latter's Test cricket debut.[2][3] The season will also include tours from West Indies, Australia, Zimbabwe, Australia A and South Africa A.[4][5] India will also play host to Afghanistan home games against Ireland.[4] India was scheduled to host Asia Cup but it was moved to the United Arab Emirates, following ongoing political tensions between India and Pakistan.[6] In July , the scheduled Asia Cup Qualifiers were shifted from India to Malaysia.[7][8]

The domestic season began in August with the new Women's T20 Challenger Trophy and is scheduled to end in May with 12th season of Indian Premiere League.[9][10] The domestic season is set to be largest ever with addition of 9 new teams as per Lodha Panel recommendations and is scheduled to have over 2000 matches.[9] Some news websites have reported the strain of resources(umpires and referees) due to high number of matches.[11][12] New teams also struggled for availability of grounds and players for the teams.[13] BCCI also had to face issue of players misusing their domicile to play for the new teams.[14]

International

International tours
Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches]
Test ODI T20I
3 June 2018 India  Afghanistan  Bangladesh ——3−0 [3]
14 June 2018  India  Afghanistan 1−0 [1]—
4 October 2018  India  West Indies [2][5][3]
24 February 2019  India  Australia —[5][2]

India-A, India-B and India U-19 Teams

International tours
Dates Tournament Home team Away team Results [Matches]
FC LA
3 June 2018-
13 August 2018		 India 'A' vs South Africa 'A'
First-Class Series		 India India A South Africa South Africa A 1-0 [2]—
2 September 2018-
11 September 2018		 India 'A' vs Australia 'A'
First-Class series		 India India A Australia Australia A 1-1 [2]—
Multiteam tournaments
Dates Tournament Teams Winners
17 August 2018-
29 August 2018		 Quadrangular Series
(List-A)		 India India A, India India B, AustraliaAustralia A and South Africa South Africa A India India B
Women's international tours
Dates Tournament Home team Away team Results [Matches]
Women's LA Women's T20
15 October 2018-
26 October 2018		 India 'A' Women vs Australia 'A' Women
One-Day and T20 series		 India India A Women Australia Australia A Women [3][3]

Australia-A women in India

One-Day Series
15 October 2018
Scorecard
India A Women
v
Australia A Women
17 October 2018
Scorecard
India A Women
v
Australia A Women
19 October 2018
Scorecard
India A Women
v
Australia A Women
T20 Series
22 October 2018
Scorecard
India A Women
v
Australia A Women
24 October 2018
Scorecard
India A Women
v
Australia A Women
26 October 2018
Scorecard
India A Women
v
Australia A Women

Domestic

The nine new teams that will make their debut in the season are Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar,Manipur cricket team, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim and Uttarakhand.[9] The qualification structure, of top-5 teams qualifying from Group-A and B combined, was a source of confusion and controversy.[15][16]

Men's

2018-19 (2018-19) India's Men's domestic cricket season
Duleep Trophy
Champions India Blue
Runners-up India Red
Most runs Dhruv Shorey (293)
Most wickets Saurabh Kumar (19)
2019–20 →

The men's season began in August with Duleep Trophy. India Blue defeated India Red by an innings and 187 runs in the final to win the tournament.[17] The Ranji Trophy will start in November with knockouts starting in January. The winners of Ranji Trophy will play Rest of India on 11 February for Irani Cup.The 9 new teams will play in the plate group with old 28 teams playing in Elite Groups A, B and C. The Vijay Hazare Trophy starts on September 19 while the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy starts on February 21. IPL 2019 is scheduled to start in the last week of March.[18][9][10]

Dates Tournament Matches Format Teams Format
(No. of Teams)		 Tournament format
(No. of Matches)		 Winners
17 August 2018-
8 September 2018		 Duleep Trophy First-class Intra-national
(3 Teams)		 Round-robin and Finals
(4 Matches)		 India Blue
19 September 2018-
20 October 2018		 Vijay Hazare Trophy List A Inter-state
(37 Teams)		 Round-robin and Playoff format
(160 Matches)
20 October 2018-
27 October 2018		 Deodhar Trophy List A Intra-national
(3 Teams)		 Round-robin and Finals
(4 Matches)
1 November 2018-
6 February 2019		 Ranji Trophy First-class Inter-state
(37 Teams)		 Round-robin and Playoff format
(160 Matches)
11 February 2019-
15 February 2019		 Irani Cup First-class State and Intra-national
(2 Teams)		 Single match
(1 Match)
21 February 2019-
13 March 2019		 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Twenty20 Inter-state
(37 Teams)		 Round-robin and Playoff format
(140 Matches)
29 March 2019-
19 May 2019		 Indian Premier League Twenty20 Inter-franchise
(8 Teams)		 Double Round-robin and Playoff format
(60 Matches)

Women's

2018-19 (2018-19) India's Women's domestic cricket season
T20 Challenger Trophy
Champions India Blue Women
Runners-up India Red Women
Most runs Punam Raut (135)
Most wickets Anuja Patil (8)
2019–20 →

The Inter-zonal multi-day game was eliminated from the season.[19] The Challenger Trophy was also scheduled to played in T20 format along with previously played one-day format. The new T20 Challenger Trophy started the domestic season in August.India Blue Women defeated India Red women by 4 runs to win the inaugural trophy.[20] The One Day League will be played in December followed by One-Day Challenger Trophy in January and the season concluding with T20 League in February.[18][9][10]

Dates Tournament Matches Format Teams Format
(No. of Teams)		 Tournament format
(No. of Matches)		 Winners
13 August 2018-
18 August 2018		 T20 Challenger Trophy Women's Twenty20 Intra-national
(3 Teams)		 Double Round-robin and Finals
(7 Matches)		 India Blue Women
1 December 2018-
29 December 2018		 One Day League Women's List A Inter-state
(36 Teams)		 Round-robin and Playoff format
(151 Matches)
4 January 2019-
8 January 2019		 Challenger Trophy Women's List A Intra-national
(3 Teams)		 Round-robin and Finals
(4 Matches)
20 February 2019-
13 March 2019		 T20 League Women's Twenty20 Inter-state
(36 Teams)		 Round-robin and Playoff format
(133 Matches)

Domestic Junior Level

Contents
International Men's Women's
U-19 Men's
Quadrangular		 Col C K
Nayudu
Trophy		 U23 One Day
League		 Vizzy
Trophy		 Cooch
Behar
Trophy		 Vinoo
Mankad
Trophy		 Vijay
Merchant
Trophy		 U23 One Day
League		 U23 One-Day
Challenger
Trophy		 U23 T20
League		 U23 T20
Challenger
Trophy		 U19 One-Day
League		 U19 T20
League		 U19 T20
Challenger
Trophy

International

U-19 International tournament
Dates Tournament Teams Winners
12 September 2018-
18 September 2018		 U-19 Quadrangular Series
(One-Day)		 India India U-19 A, India India U-19 B, AfghanistanAfghanistan U-19 and Nepal Nepal U-19 India India U-19 B

U-19 Men's International Quadrangular Series

2018 U-19 team Quadrangular Series, India
Dates 12–18 September 2018
Cricket format U-19 One-day
Champions India India U-19 B
Runners-up India India U-19 A
Participants 4
Matches played 8
Most runs Reyaz Hassan (324) (Afg U-19)[21]
Most wickets Abdul Rahman Rahmani (8) (Afg U-19)[22]
Official website BCCI

BCCI announced the Under-19 quadrangular tournament between Afghanistan, Nepal, India-A and NCA. NCA was later replaced by India-B while tournament was also shifted from Kolkata to Lucknow. The tournament was looked upon as a preparation for the Youth Asia Cup.[23][24] India U-19 B defeated India U-19 A by 10 runs in the final to win the tournament.

League
Team[25] P W L T NR Pts NRR
India India U-19 A (C) 330009+3.024
India India U-19 B (RU) 321005-0.732
Nepal Nepal U-19 312002-0.775
Afghanistan Afghanistan U-19 (3rd) 303000-1.118

     Top two teams advanced to the final

Third place play-off
18 September 2018
Scorecard
Afghanistan U-19
244/8 (50 overs)
v
Nepal U-19
173 (45 overs)
Afghanistan U-19 Won by 71 Runs
Ekana International Cricket Stadium-B, Lucknow
Final
18 September 2018
Scorecard
India U-19 B
141 (42.2 overs)
v
India U-19 A
131 (39.3 overs)
India U-19 B Won by 10 Runs
Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow

Men's

2018-19 (2018-19) India's Junior Men's domestic cricket season
2019–20 →

Vijay Merchant Trophy was initially scheduled to start from 3rd October but was postponed to 21st October after the request from state associations.[26]

Dates Tournament Age-Group
(Matches Format)		 Teams Format
(No. of Teams)		 Tournament format
(No. of Matches)		 Winners
5 October 2018-
4 November 2018		 Vinoo Mankad Trophy Men's U-19
(One-Day)		 Inter-state
(35 Teams)		 Round-robin and Playoff format
(143 Matches)
21 October 2018-
1 January 2019		 Vijay Merchant Trophy Men's U-16
(Multi-Day)		 Inter-state
(35 Teams)		 Round-robin and Playoff format
(97 Matches)
2 November 2018-
7 February 2019		 Col C K Nayudu Trophy Men's U-23
(Multi-Day)		 Inter-state
(36 Teams)		 Round-robin and Playoff format
(151 Matches)
19 November 2018-
13 February 2019		 Cooch Behar Trophy Men's U-19
(Multi-Day)		 Inter-state
(35 Teams)		 Round-robin and Playoff format
(143 Matches)
13 February 2019-
15 March 2019		 Men's U23 One Day League Men's U-23
(One-Day)		 Inter-state
(36 Teams)		 Round-robin and Playoff format
(151 Matches)
20 March 2019-
23 March 2019		 Vizzy Trophy Men's Inter-University
(One-Day)		 Inter-zonal
(4 Teams)		 Knockout
(3 Matches)

U-23

Inter-University

U-19

U-16

Women's

2018-19 (2018-19) India's Junior Women's domestic cricket season
Women's U23 T20 Challenger Trophy
Champions India Green Under-23 Women
Runners-up India Blue Under-23 Women
Most runs Disha Kasat (89) (Ind-U-23 Green)[27]
Most wickets Sushree Dibyadarshini (6) (Ind-U-23 Green)[28]
2019–20 →

The junior women's domestic season began in October with Women's U23 T20 Challenger Trophy. India Green Under-23 Women defeated India Blue Under-23 Women by 8 wickets to win the tournament.[29]

Dates Tournament Age-Group
(Matches Format)		 Teams Format
(No. of Teams)		 Tournament format
(No. of Matches)		 Winners
4 October 2018-
8 October 2018		 Women's U23 T20 Challenger Trophy Women's U-23
(Twenty20)		 Intra-national
(3 Teams)		 Round-robin and Finals
(4 Matches)		 India Green Under-23 Women
14 October 2018-
4 November 2018		 Women's U19 T20 League Women's U-19
(Twenty20)		 Inter-state
(35 Teams)		 Round-robin and Playoff format
(126 Matches)
12 November 2018-
16 November 2018		 Women's U19 T20 Challenger Trophy Women's U-19
(Twenty20)		 Intra-national
(3 Teams)		 Round-robin and Finals
(4 Matches)
14 January 2019-
4 February 2019		 Women's U23 T20 League Women's U-23
(Twenty20)		 Inter-state
(36 Teams)		 Round-robin and Playoff format
(133 Matches)
10 February 2019-
11 March 2019		 Women's U19 One-Day League Women's U-19
(One-Day)		 Inter-state
(35 Teams)		 Round-robin and Playoff format
(143 Matches)
17 March 2019-
14 April 2019		 Women's U23 One Day League Women's U-23
(One-Day)		 Inter-state
(36 Teams)		 Round-robin and Playoff format
(151 Matches)
20 April 2019-
24 April 2019		 Women's U23 One Day Challenger Trophy Women's U-23
(One-Day)		 Intra-national
(3 Teams)		 Round-robin and Finals
(4 Matches)

U-23

Women's U23 T20 Challenger Trophy
Women's U23 One Day League
Dates 4–8 October 2018
Cricket format Women's U-23 T20
Champions India Green U-23 Women
Runners-up India Blue U-23 Women
Participants 3
Matches played 4
Most runs Disha Kasat (89) (Ind-Green)[27]
Most wickets Sushree Dibyadarshini (6) (Ind-Green)[28]
Official website Womens U23 T20 Challenger Trophy 2018-19

India Green Under-23 Women defeated India Blue Under-23 Women by 8 wickets to win the tournament.[29]

League
Team[30] P W L T NR Pts NRR
India Blue U-23 Women (RU) 220008+1.667
India Green U-23 Women (C) 211008–0.407
India Red U-23 Women 202000–1.038

     Top two teams advanced to the final

Final
8 October 2018
Scorecard
India Blue U-23 Women
70 (17.4 overs)
v
India Green U-23 Women
72/2 (12.5 overs)

U-19

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