To miss the playoffs was disappointing, says Adam Gilchrist – Cricket News Update
The Kings XI Punjab skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adam-Gilchrist-c918, on Saturday admitted that failing to qualify for the IPL-V playoffs was quite disappointing.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils by six wickets,
at their second home, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Himachal-Pradesh-c791 Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, on Saturday.
Speaking to the media reporters after his side’s six-wicket defeat to Daredevils, Gilchrist said that though they failed to make it to the next round, they have a number of positives to be taken from the unsuccessful 2012 campaign.
"To miss the playoffs was disappointing. But there were some positives, especially the performance of some of the domestic players,” said the Australian wicketkeeper batsman at the post-match press conference on Saturday.
“Mandeep Singh, Gurkeerat Singh, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Parvinder-Awana-c80792... They've all done well and the exciting thing is that there's still scope for them to learn, improve, develop and make that adjustment to the next level," he added further.
The 40-year-old New South Wales' top-order batsman, who missed the major part of this year’s Indian Premier League due to a hamstring strain, is not sure whether he will get another chance to play in the esteemed tournament. He however, has a lot of good
memories of the cash-rich Twenty20 League to stay with him for the rest of his life.
"The IPL will feature prominently in my memories of cricket,” said the wicketkeeper batsman, who led his previous IPL franchise, Deccan Chargers to their lone IPL title in 2009.
“To come with a team that was last the previous year (Deccan Chargers) and win the title was very special,” Gilchrist added further.
The Australian cited his 206-run partnership with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SE-Marsh-c2470 against Royal Challengers Bangalore last season as one of the greatest memories of his cricket career.
Overall, the former Australian skipper played 67 IPL games, scoring a tally of 1775 runs at an impressive strike rate of 140.20. The tally also includes two centuries and 10 half-centuries.
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