More and more players would dump Test cricket and succumb to the lure of Twenty20 if the Indian Premier League does not get a window in the ICC calendar, warned former Australian stumper Adam Gilchrist. Here to deliver the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture, Gilchrist would advice the administrators to embrace the shortest format [...]
Indian Premier League, 2009 Bangalore Royal Challengers vs Deccan Chargers, 8th match Newlands, Cape Town, April 22, 2009 Match Information Toss: Deccan Chargers (Elected to bat) Match Status: Deccan Chargers won by 24 runs Deccan Chargers Innings | Bangalore Royal Challengers Innings | Batting: Deccan Chargers Innings Batsmen Deccan Chargers (184/6 in 20 ovs) Runs [...]
Team Owner: Deccan Chronicle 2008 Record: Eighth Coach: Darren Lehmann Squad: Adam Gilchrist (captain & wicket-keeper), Chamara Silva, Herschelle Gibbs, VVS Laxman, Arjun Yadav, Venugopal Roa, Rohit Sharma, Ravi Teja, T Suman, Abhinav Kumar, Dwayne Smith, Scott Styris, Andrew Symonds, Ryan Harris, Halhadar Das, MS Bisla, RP Singh, Fidel Edwards, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa, D [...]
Adam Gilchrist has taken digs at Sourav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh for their decision to opt out of the 2004 Nagpur Test against Australia, a match that gave the visitors their first series win in the country in 35 years. His comments are part of his autobiography where he also questioned the evidence given by [...]
Indian cricket establishment on Friday hit back at Gilchrist for questioning Sachin Tendulkar’s honesty during the ‘Monkeygate’ scandal earlier this year, saying the former Australian vice-captain’s uncharitable remarks were only a marketing gimmick to sale his book. In his autobiography ‘True Colours’ to be released next week, Gilchrist has hinted that Tendulkar was a sore [...]
VS Laxman’s tenure as the captain of the Indian Premier League side Hyderabad Deccan Chargers came to an abrupt end on Monday as the team announced that Adam Gilchrist would be doing the job from now. According to an official release, Deccan Chargers have appointed Gilchrist team captain with immediate effect. “Adam Gilchrist commands respect [...]
Adam Gilchrist expects Australia’s new-look team to remain a competitive force, starting with next month’s Test series against India. Andrew Symonds will miss the four Tests and Matthew Hayden is under an injury cloud, but Gilchrist remains confident of Australia’s prospects. “There’s no doubt the Australian team is inexperienced in regards to what we have [...]
Gilchrist said if the Ashes has the long history of a famous rivalry, the competition between Australia and India has evolved into its own special status. “It has been a fantastic series in the past 10 to 12 years whenever the two teams have locked horns. It has lived up to the tag of an [...]
Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have pipped Sachin Tendulkar to the ICC ODI Player of the Year award but Adam Gilchrist believes the Little Master is still the best batsman around. In India on a promotional tour, Gilchrist said he does not doubt Dhoni’s ability but Tendulkar is simply the best. “Well, it’s hard to compare [...]
Deccan Chargers are making significant changes to their top management in an effort to reverse their fortunes. The most expensive team in the IPL finished last in the eight team competition. Shishir Hattangadi, the head of cricket, and manager Vijay Mohan Raj won’t be continuing in the second season. Tim Wright, a senior vice-president with [...]
Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi feels Adam Gilchrist would make a better skipper for the Deccan Chargers team in the next IPL season as VVS Laxman, who led the team in the inaugural edition, lacks leadership qualities required for the fast paced T20 cricket. Come to think of it, he has a point. Hyderabad Deccan Chargers [...]
The Chennai Deccan Chargers came out as comfortable winners against the Hyderabad Deccan Chargers in a match that was the decider for the final semi-final spot between Chennai and Mumbai. If Chennai would have lost this game, Mumbai would have a chance fo sneaking through after winning their next game. However, that was not to [...]
The Mumbai Indians continued their splendid showing in the IPL by becoming the first team to win six matches in a row. This is an amazing turnaround to a poor start to the tournament, whence they lost four consecutive matches. But since then, a lot has changed and now they sit pretty amongst the top [...]
The Mumbai Indians will visit Hyderabad today in what is a very important match for them in their bid for a semi-final berth. They are on a roll having won their last 5 matches and have been bolstered by the return of the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar as their captain. Sanath Jayasuriya has been in [...]
The Deccan Chargers lost to Kolkata Knight Riders again by 23 runs at Hyderabad. Earlier, the Knight Riders had defeated them at home. It was hard to believe that the Knight Riders had a lot of support even in Hyderabad. The Hyderabad team finished on 181 for seven after being reduced to 63 for four [...]