T20 cricket important but Test cricket is the ultimate, says http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Gilchrist-c918 – Cricket News Update
Captain of the Kings XI Punjab and former Australian wicketkeeper, Adam Gilchrist, believes that Test cricket is the ultimate form of the game but one cannot take T20 cricket lightly either because a cricketer has to be at the best of his abilities to excel
in the shortest format of the sport.
Gilchrist is considered to be the greatest wicketkeeper/batsman in the history of the game. Apart from a very safe wicketkeeper, Gilchrist was one of the most feared top-order batsmen in international cricket during his career. The left handed batsman had
the ability to change the course of the game in a very short span of time. He was equally effective in all the formats of the game for the Kangaroos.
He retired from international cricket after the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2007 but since then he has been playing Indian Premier League (IPL) from different franchises.
At the present moment, Gilchrist is both the captain and the coach of Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833. He is all set to take part in the fifth season of the cash-rich league.
Former Australian cricketer believes that some of the analysts say that T20 cricket is nothing more than fun but this is not the case as a player has to be good in all the departments in order to be successful in this format of the game. However, Gilchrist
has no doubts in his mind that Test cricket should always remain the pinnacle for every cricketer.
He said, "Twenty20 is a very exciting concept that requires skill at a high level. It needs a lot of thought and you have to maintain the intensity and pace coupled with the pressure. I'm sure the Test cricket is ultimate."
While talking about the future of Indian cricket, Gilchrist feels that it will be very hard for the Men in Blue to find replacements for legendary cricketers like Rahul Dravid, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 and VVS Laxman.
"http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 and Tendulkar are playing. It would be a huge boots to fill when Tendulkar goes away. We faced a similar phase. But the fans need to patient," said Gilchrist.
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