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Adam Gilchrist: Australia's great batsman Adam Gilchrist has opened up about announcing his retirement in the middle of a Test match after 16 years, saying that he had to announce his retirement because of a dropped catch. If Adam Gilchrist had played 4 more Tests at that time, he would have become one of the greatest Australian players to play more than 100 Tests. But Adam Gilchrist announced his Test retirement in the middle of the Adelaide Test match against India.
Laxman dropped the catch
Gilchrist said in a recent podcast, 'The last time I played for Australia, there was an incident. I was trying to catch Brett Lee's ball. But the night before this match, I was on the phone with my wife all night and planning the tour, because we were going to tour the West Indies after the series with India. On that tour, I was probably going to play my 99th Test and then we were going to tour India again and in India, I would play my 100th Test and I would be in an elite group of Australian Test cricketers and some other players from around the world.'
The great wicketkeeper further said about his retirement, 'When Laxman's catch slipped from my hand, I saw the replay on the big screen. This replay was shown on the screen at least 32 times. After seeing this, I immediately decided to retire.'
Gilchrist said, 'Hayden tried to convince me not to take such a harsh decision. But I did not listen and retired.'
Gilchrist's career
Gilchrist played 96 Test matches for Australia. During this, he took 416 wickets in 191 innings. He made 379 catches and 37 stumpings. This batsman has scored 5570 runs in Tests. He scored 17 centuries and 26 half-centuries. In ODIs, Gilchrist scored 9619 runs in 287 matches. In which this batsman has scored 16 centuries and 55 half-centuries.