The West Indies cricket team toured India from September to November 2018 to play two Tests, five One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1][2][3][4][5] Ahead of the Test series, there was a two-day practice match in Vadodara.[6]
| West Indian cricket team in India in 2018–19 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| India | West Indies | ||
| Dates | 29 September – 11 November 2018 | ||
| Captains | Virat Kohli (Tests and ODIs) Rohit Sharma (T20Is) | Jason Holder[n 1] (Tests and ODIs) Carlos Brathwaite (T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | India won the 2-match series 2–0 | ||
| Most runs | Prithvi Shaw (237) | Roston Chase (185) | |
| Most wickets | Umesh Yadav (11) | Jason Holder (5) | |
| Player of the series | Prithvi Shaw (Ind) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | India won the 5-match series 3–1 | ||
| Most runs | Virat Kohli (453) | Shimron Hetmyer (259) | |
| Most wickets | Kuldeep Yadav (9) | Ashley Nurse (5) | |
| Player of the series | Virat Kohli (Ind) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | India won the 3-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Shikhar Dhawan (138) | Darren Bravo (71) | |
| Most wickets | Kuldeep Yadav (5) | Oshane Thomas (3) | |
| Player of the series | Kuldeep Yadav (Ind) | ||
Jason Holder was ruled out of the first Test due to an injury, with Kraigg Brathwaite captaining the West Indies in his place.[7] India won the match, their 100th win in Tests at home.[8] India went on to win the second Test by 10 wickets, winning the series 2–0.[9] It was India's tenth consecutive series win at home in Tests.[10]
The second ODI was the 950th ODI to be played by India, becoming first team to achieve the milestone.[11] During the match, India's captain Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 10,000 runs in ODIs, taking 205 innings, beating the previous record of 259 innings set by Sachin Tendulkar.[12][13] India went on to win the five-match ODI series 3–1, after the second ODI ended in a tie.[14]
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 Australia.[15] Instead, India's Test wicket-keeper, Rishabh Pant, was selected in Dhoni's place.[16] Rohit Sharma was also named as India's captain for the T20I matches against the West Indies, with Virat Kohli being rested.[16] India won the T20I series 3–0.[17]
Background
Originally, one of the ODI matches had been allocated to the Greenfield International Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram, per the Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) Tours and Fixtures Committee.[18] However, when the fixtures were announced in March 2018, the match was allocated to the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi instead.[18] The Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) requested that the BCCI reviews the decision.[18] Two days later, the BCCI announced the fixture would be played in Thiruvananthapuram.[19]
In September 2018, it was confirmed that the Ekana International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow would host its first ever international match.[20][21] The last time Lucknow hosted an international match was in January 1994, when India played a Test match against Sri Lanka at the K. D. Singh Babu Stadium.[22] Later the same month, it was reported that the second ODI match may be moved from the Holkar Stadium in Indore, due to a row about complimentary-ticket allocations.[23] On 3 October 2018, the BCCI confirmed that the second ODI would be moved to the Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium, in Visakhapatnam.[24] On 12 October 2018, the BCCI moved the fourth ODI from the Wankhede Stadium to Brabourne Stadium due to administrative issues.[25] On the day before the second T20I, the Ekana Stadium was renamed in honour of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.[26]
Squads
| Tests | ODIs | T20Is | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 India[27] |  West Indies[28] | India[29] | West Indies[30] | India[31] | West Indies[30] |
Before the start of the tour, Alzarri Joseph was ruled out of the West Indies' Test squad and was replaced by Shermon Lewis.[32] Evin Lewis withdrew from the West Indies' limited-overs squads for personal reasons. Kieran Powell and Nicholas Pooran replaced him in the ODI and T20I squads respectively.[33] Ashley Nurse suffered an injury during the fourth ODI, and was ruled out of the next ODI match and the T20I series.[34] Andre Russell was ruled out of the West Indies' T20I squad due to injury,[35] and Shai Hope was added to the squad.[36]
Shardul Thakur was ruled out of India's ODI squad and was replaced by Umesh Yadav.[37] Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah were added to India's ODI squad for the last three matches of the series, with Mohammed Shami being dropped.[38] Kedar Jadhav was added to India's ODI squad for the fourth and fifth ODIs.[39] Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav and Umesh Yadav were rested for the third T20I and Siddarth Kaul was added India's T20I squad.[40]
Tour match
Two-day match: Indian Board President's XI vs West Indies
Test series
1st Test
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Prithvi Shaw (Ind) and Shermon Lewis (WI) both made their Test debuts.
- Prithvi Shaw scored his maiden century in Tests and became the youngest batsman to make a Test century on debut for India (18 years and 329 days).[41][42]
- Virat Kohli scored his 30th century in international cricket as captain of India.[43]
- Ravindra Jadeja (Ind) scored his first century in Tests.[44]
- Kuldeep Yadav (Ind) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.[45]
- This was India's biggest win by an innings and was their 100th win at home in Tests.[8][46]
2nd Test
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75/0 (16.1 overs) Prithvi Shaw 33* (45) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shardul Thakur (Ind) made his Test debut.
- Umesh Yadav took his first ten-wicket haul in Tests and became only the third fast-bowler for India to take a 10-wicket haul at home in Tests.[47]
ODI series
1st ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Rishabh Pant (Ind), Oshane Thomas and Chandrapaul Hemraj (WI) all made their ODI debuts.
- This was the first ODI to be played at this venue.[48]
- Marlon Samuels (WI) played in his 200th ODI.[49]
- Virat Kohli (Ind) scored his 60th century in international cricket, becoming the quickest to achieve this feat in terms of number of innings (386).[50]
- Rohit Sharma (Ind) scored his 20th century in ODIs.[51]
2nd ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- Obed McCoy (WI) made his ODI debut.
- Virat Kohli (Ind) became the fastest batman, in terms of innings, to score 10,000 runs in ODIs (205).[52]
3rd ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Fabian Allen (WI) made his ODI debut.
- Umesh Yadav played his last odi.
- Virat Kohli became the first batsman for India, and tenth overall, to score three successive centuries in ODIs. He was also the first captain to achieve this.[53][54]
4th ODI
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was India's third biggest victory by runs in ODIs.[55]
- This was the West Indies' biggest margin of defeat by runs to India in ODIs.[56]
5th ODI
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T20I series
1st T20I
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Khaleel Ahmed, Krunal Pandya (Ind), Fabian Allen, Khary Pierre and Oshane Thomas (WI) all made their T20I debuts.
2nd T20I
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- This was the first international cricket match to be played at this venue.[59]
- Shikhar Dhawan (Ind) scored his 1,000th run in T20Is.[60]
- Rohit Sharma (Ind) became the first cricketer to score four centuries in T20Is.[61]
3rd T20I
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.