2018–19 Indian cricket season
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 ) Mumbai
23 October 2018 - 27 October 2018 Deodhar Trophy List A Intra-national ( 3 Teams ) Round-robin and Finals ( 4 Matches ) India C
1 November 2018 - 6 February 2019 Ranji Trophy First-class Inter-state ( 37 Teams ) Round-robin and Playoff format ( 160 Matches ) Vidarbha
11 February 2019 - 15 February 2019 Irani Cup First-class State and Intra-national ( 2 Teams ) Single match ( 1 Match ) Vidarbha
21 February 2019 - 13 March 2019 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Twenty20 Inter-state ( 37 Teams ) Round-robin and Playoff format ( 140 Matches ) Karnataka
23 March 2019 - 19 May 2019 Indian Premier League Twenty20 Inter-franchise ( 8 Teams ) Double Round-robin and Playoff format ( 60 Matches ) Mumbai Indians
Domestic -- Men 's
2018–19 ( 2018–19 ) India 's Men 's domestic cricket seasonRanji TrophyChampionsVidarbhaRunners-upSaurashtraMost runsMilind Kumar ( 1331 ) ( Sik ) [ 52 ] Most wicketsAshutosh Aman ( 68 ) ( Bih ) [ 53 ] Duleep TrophyChampionsIndia BlueRunners-upIndia RedMost runsDhruv Shorey ( 293 ) ( Ind Blu ) [ 54 ] Most wicketsSaurabh Kumar ( 19 ) ( Ind Blu ) [ 55 ] Irani CupChampionsVidarbhaRunners-upRest of IndiaMost runsHanuma Vihari ( 294 ) ( RoI ) [ 56 ] Most wicketsRahul Chahar ( 6 ) ( RoI ) [ 57 ] Vijay Hazare TrophyChampionsMumbaiRunners-upDelhiMost runsAbhinav Mukund ( 560 ) ( TN ) [ 58 ] Most wicketsShahbaz Nadeem ( 24 ) ( Jha ) [ 59 ] Deodhar TrophyChampionsIndia CRunners-upIndia BMost runsShreyas Iyer ( 199 ) ( Ind-B ) [ 60 ] Most wicketsVijay Shankar ( 7 ) ( Ind-C ) [ 61 ] Syed Mushtaq Ali TrophyChampionsKarnatakaRunners-upMaharashtraMost runsRohan Kadam ( 536 ) ( Kar ) [ 62 ] Most wicketsSatyajeet Bachhav ( 20 ) ( Mah ) [ 63 ] Indian Premier LeagueChampionsMumbai IndiansRunners-upChennai Super KingsMost runsDavid Warner ( 692 ) ( SRH ) [ 64 ] Most wicketsImran Tahir ( 26 ) ( CSK ) [ 65 ] ← 2017–18 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 . [ 33 ] The Vijay Hazare Trophy was played in September and October . Mumbai defeated Delhi in the final by 4 wickets to win the Vijay Hazare trophy . [ 34 ] Deodhar Trophy was held in October . India C won the Deodhar Trophy by defeating India B by 29 runs in the final . [ 35 ] The Ranji Trophy started in November and finished with knockouts being played in January . For the new teams in Plate group , the professional players played the key role of guiding and holding their teams during the Ranji trophy . [ 66 ] Vidarbha successfully defended the Ranji Trophy crown by defeating Saurashtra by 78 runs in the final played at Nagpur . [ 36 ] By winning the Ranji Trophy , Vidharbha played Rest of India in a Best vs Rest format one-off match for Irani Cup . Vidharbha defeated Rest of India on first-innings basis to win the Irani Cup . [ 37 ] The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was held in February and March . Karnataka won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for the first time after beating Maharashtra by 8 wickets in the final . [ 38 ] The men 's season ended with the 12th season of IPL , which ran from 23 March to 12 May . [ 67 ] [ 30 ] [ 32 ] Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai Super Kings by 1 run in the final to win the 2019 Indian Premier League . [ 39 ]
The 2018-19 Indian cricket season was 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. Afghanistan went on to win the T20I series 3-0. The Indian national team started its season hosting Afghanistan for the latter's Test cricket debut. India won the match in two days by an innings and 262 runs. West Indies toured India and lost the Test series 0-2, ODI series 1-3 and the T20I series 0-3. Australia toured India and won the T20I series 2-0 and ODI series 3-2. India also played host to Afghanistan's home games against Ireland. Afghanistan won the T20I series 3-0 and Test series 1-0. The ODI series was drawn 2-2. England women's toured India and lost the WODI series 1-2 but won the WT20I series 3-0. India was scheduled to host Asia Cup but it was moved to the United Arab Emirates, following ongoing political tensions between India and Pakistan.