2018 was one of the toughest years for India in Test cricket as they played most of the Test cricket outside India and toured South Africa, England, and Australia.
India's journey started with a three Tests series in South Africa which they lost by 2-1 and then toured England for five Tests series in July - August and once again team India put up a fight but their efforts weren't enough and they lost the series by 4-1.
In both South Africa and England India's overall batting performance were disappointing and except captain Virat Kohli no one could do well, though the pace trio of Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami were outstanding and they continued their good work in Australia as well and helped to take a 2-1 lead in the ongoing series and need to win/draw the new year Test in Sydney to clinch their first ever Test series on Australian soil.
All the major stats and facts that were recorded by the Indian team and players in Tests in 2018 :
1. Series Results -
South Africa 2 - 1 India (3 Tests) in South Africa
India 1 - 0 Afghanistan (1 Test) in India
England 4 - 1 India (5 Tests) in England
India 2 - 0 West Indies (2 Tests) in India
Australia 1 - 2* India (4 Tests) in Australia
Overall Result Summary -
Tests - 14, Won - 7, Lost - 7
4 of 6 Test wins came outside Asia and for the first ever time India won 4 Tests outside Asia in a calendar year.
India's overseas Test wins in 2018 -
63 runs vs SA at Johannesburg
203 runs vs ENG at Nottingham
31 runs vs AUS at Adelaide
137 runs vs AUS at Melbourne
2. Leading Run Scorers -
| Player | Tests | Inns | NO | Runs | Avg | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Virat Kohli | 13 | 24 | 0 | 1322 | 55.08 | 153 | 5 | 5 |
| Cheteshwar Pujara | 13 | 23 | 1 | 837 | 38.04 | 132* | 3 | 4 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | 12 | 21 | 0 | 644 | 30.06 | 81 | 0 | 5 |
| Rishabh Pant | 8 | 14 | 0 | 537 | 38.35 | 114 | 1 | 2 |
| KL Rahul | 12 | 22 | 1 | 468 | 22.28 | 149 | 1 | 1 |
- Virat Kohli was the leading run-scorer for India as well as in the world in Test cricket in 2018.
- Virat Kohli also scored more Test hundreds than any other player in 2018.
3. Highest Individual scores -
153 - Virat Kohli vs SA at Centurion
149 - Virat Kohli vs ENG at Edgbaston
149 - KL Rahul vs ENG at The Oval
139 - Virat Kohli vs WI at Rajkot
134 - Prithvi Shaw vs WI at Rajkot
4. Most Hundreds -
5 - Virat Kohli
3 - Cheteshwar Pujara
1 - KL Rahul / P Shaw / M Vijay / R Jadeja / S Dhawan / R Pant
5. Leading Wickets Takers -
| Player | Tests | Inns | Wkts | Avg | SR | BBI | 5w | 10w |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 9 | 18 | 48 | 21.02 | 47.4 | 6/33 | 3 | 0 |
| Mohammad Shami | 12 | 23 | 47 | 26.97 | 49.0 | 6/56 | 2 | 0 |
| Ishant Sharma | 11 | 21 | 41 | 21.80 | 49.0 | 5/51 | 1 | 0 |
| R Ashwin | 10 | 19 | 38 | 25.36 | 60.9 | 4/27 | 0 | 0 |
| R Jadeja | 5 | 10 | 25 | 22.32 | 47.4 | 4/17 | 0 | 0 |
- Jasprit Bumrah's 48 wickets are the third most for a bowler in his debut calendar year in Test cricket.
- Jasprit Bumrah is also the first Indian and only Asian bowler to take five-wicket hauls in South Africa, England, and Australia in the same calendar year.
6. Best bowling figures in an innings -
6/33 - Jasprit Bumrah vs AUS at Melbourne
6/56 - Mohammad Shami vs AUS at Perth
6/88 - Umesh Yadav vs WI at Hyderabad
5/28 - Mohammad Shami vs SA at Johannesburg
5/28 - Hardik Pandya vs ENG at Trent Bridge
7. Most five wickets haul -
3 - Jasprit Bumrah
2 - Mohammad Shami
1 - Kuldeep Yadav / Ishant Sharma / Umesh Yadav / Hardik Pandya
