Australian wicketkeeper/ batsman Gilchrist is well known for his tremendous talent and truthfulness, this is because he always walks off when he feels he’s out irrespective of the umpires decision. His strike rate stands among the top ten strike rates ever in the history of world cricket. He has played 96 test matches and scored around 5570 runs with a batting average of 47. 6 and in the shorter version of the game he has a total of 9619 runs under his belt with a batting average of 35.89. Gilchrist First Test was against Pakistan in November 1999. Australia had no set back from that moment. He was very well present in the team which won three consecutive world cups. Gilchrist announced his retirement before the fourth and final test against India. Then IPL contracted him to play for Deccan Chargers. Gilchrist was appointed as the captain of Deccan Chargers , for the second season of IPL. He is married to his high school sweetheart Melinda Gilchrist, a dietitian.
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