Rishabh Pant. (Photo by Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images) Former Aussie gloveman and explosive bat, Adam Gilchrist talks to TOI about what makes India's wicketkeeper so special with bat in hand, how he would have played Bumrah and why most big players struggle to say goodbye..
. BRISBANE: The media and broadcast enclosures here at the Gabba are tightly packed units, buzzing with activity, trailing loops of wires and heavy equipment. Connecting them is a narrow, winding, claustrophobic corridor with barely room for two to walk alongside.
It's like being inside a space shuttle. This is the engine room of the Gabba, and it is here that Adam Gilchrist, Australia's iconic cricketer who redefined the role of a wicketkeeper-batter, has agreed to talk cricket. He seeks out a quiet corner.
There is none. As he talks, people jostle past him. None of that matters because Gilchrist is talking about his favourite person, Shane Warne , the leg spinner with the gift who isn't with us anymore.
"I miss Warney so much," he tells TOI, then repeats for emphasis, "A great deal. Him and Andrew Symonds and Rod Marsh . We like to talk about them because it means we keep their legacy and spirit alive.
You know, keeping wickets to Shane Warne was the highlight of my cricketing career." The highlight? This is Adam Gilchrist, one of the world's most-loved cricketers, now or in his playing days. The marauder with bat in hand who made the best of bowlers look pedestrian.
The white-ball belter who marched al.
