My XI - Wasim Akram: Adam Gilchrist - 'The most dangerous batsman in ODIs'
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- Опубліковано 23 чер 2012
- Wasim Akram picks the eleven toughest batsmen he bowled to. Part ten: The pressure of bowling to Adam Gilchrist often made you err in your line and length
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When Akram praises a batsman you know how good he is
Gilly was the best batsman I personally saw after Sachin. Yes Sachin is compared to Ponting Mark Waugh and Lara or rather they are compared to him but Gilly was a class apart. In a league of his own.
Different from the rest. As Wasim rightly said he was very attacking batsman and as he mentions he was more dangerous because he did play not like a pinch hitter or slogger. His attack was based on genuine shots. And very importantly if he got going it was definitely game over.
I know the Aussie team of his era was great and had world class bowlers and batsmen but Adam Gilchrist was the main difference between the Aussies and the rest of the team. If you look closely at his time with them I am sure in 30-40% of matches Gilchrist would have been the difference. He made the winning difference.
And his attitude both on and off t he field was never of a superstar or great batsman. He never had the look or arrogance of being a great player. Unlike most Aussie players he was never over aggressive with his body language or words. Always cheerful and easy on the pitch and off it.
The best compliment I heard for him was when Vijay Amritraj said Gilchrist is the Goran Ivanisevic of cricket. Very rarely do you see sportsmen praise sportsmen of other disciplines. But Amritraj was right.
As Ivanisevic was known as Scud after Russian scud missiles for his 100 mph serve, the ball really came like a bullet out of Gilly's bat.
that too when he himself has got wicket of the batsman so many times...
I'm an Aussie and I love Gilly. But I would like to make this comment more about Wasim Akram, what a humble and gracious tribute to another player who you did battle with. Akram was a fine bowler and as good as the Aussie team was in his era, we would always wish to have him if we could!
He was the best fast bowler of his generation.He was better than ALL the West Indians,Waqar Younis and Alan Donald.
@johnnytheprick he averaged 23 with the ball. The stats speak for themselves.
@johnnytheprick so you're getting mad my praise wasn't strong enough?
@johnnytheprick i mean this ua-cam.com/video/WvjUkUTreks/v-deo.html
No batsmen troubled Akram. He is just being humble .
The only man who took retirement at peak of his career... Real gentleman man of game... U don't need umpire if Gilly is out... He will leave the place with high head as great player...love from India.... God bless him hope to see u soon on field
Glorious Gilchrist ❤
This legend can destroy any bowling line up ❤
I ran into Gilly in Perth one time, it's actually really really surprising how tall he is in real life.
Yep!,six footer,alike stocky rod marsh,or smallest, Steve rixon
He's around 6'1 lol always thought he was somewhat short as I was used to seeing him beside McGrath and gillespi etc who are 6'5 no less
Is your height 5.3
@@ssk58607 yeh especially alongside Mathew Hayden, he looked short
Did you and Gilly kiss on the lips?
he retires from ipl his last match of ipl 18 may 2013 he bowled his first ball of his career an he got harbhajan out he started ganganam style end of an best wiket keeper bats man and an entertainer
dat man Gilchrist...
u hv 250 to defend in an odi
And ur first 10 overs goes to somewhere about 80 runs its painful....
That is hw dangerous he was...
Such a lethal batsman
I've always loved listening to Wasim Akram. Humble, modest and so very well spoken. I find I always learn something listening to his comments.
Greatest Wicketkeeper Of All Time Who Changed The role of wicketkeeper. One of the Destructive Batsman of all time also 🖤♥️
true
the best wicket keeper &opener of 21st century up to now
Gilchrist and Wasim two true legends
It's nice to see a cricketer on here who doesn't seem to get everyone riled. I think that might also have been one of Gilly's greatest attributes. He wasn't an arsehole. Terrific tribute from Wasim - one of my favourite all-time players. Fitting for one great to describe another.
Most definitely. Funny thing is I am sure Gilchrist would build Akram up the same way.
Adam Gilchrist superior technical batsman with attack oriented play...even in his later stages of his carrier he was very prolific...
How good to hear from a legend to the legend..... The True gentlemen of the game... Respect ✊ To both✊
wasim akram my fav bowler and Gilchrist my fav batsman
Wasim Akram is such a humble person. What a legendary bowler and who does not love Gilly
He forever changed the way we see the w/keepers role.
Walks into both greatest ever Test AND ODI teams as the perfect number 7.
No he did not. Romesh Kaluwithrana did that like half a decade before him. That too against Australia. Not to mention Moin Khan either
@@sugs1191 what a load of absolute shit. Even Ian Healy had a better batting average than Kaluwithitrana around 27. Moin Khan was just another average test keeper of little note.
Gilchrist averaged mid 50's for much of his career and finished just under 50.
Kaluwithrana is already forgotten by the world. Gilchrist is the greatest keeper/batsman in history. Thats just a fact.
Any cricket team, doesn't matter whether it's all time test, ODI, or T20 Gilchrist is everyone's keeper Batman's. If you don't pick him, well your a fool
True, Gilly is a trendsetter. He changed life of WKs and influenced generations
@@thatsbollox Romesh is just a quick starter, but he rarely converts that and he fell quickly. Gilly not only starts, he finish them quickly if bowlers doesn't take his wicket. Average is not an issue, Even Sanath had below average. These numbers will have nothing impact. Players like Gilly, Sanath are on different level They're impact players. Numbers don't show real facts. These 2 have done more to Cricket than any other best 10 batsmen in the list. Don't involve the crap numbers with the impact. Players like Babar, will score 100s and will score more runs, what is the use? if team is not winning or they wont be able to influence.
in my opinion sangkkara is sometimes boring to watch but I could watch gilchrist bat all day....terrific entertainer and not to forget incredibly talented....
Sanga was one of the most elegant Southpaw along with Saaed Anwar. He can be anything but boring.
Something that is underappreciated about Gilly, is how fit and resilient he was, you don't get that fit and resilient without putting in an insane amount of work. 96 Tests in a row is an amazing feat.
Hyden and gilchrist best opening pair in odis.
Gilly!!!! A legend pleasure to watch him...
I really love the way of Gilly's batting (He is world's number 1 Wicketkeeper too...) I like da bowling of W. Akram n also Waqar Younis, n also Indian Team.....
Best knock of all time: One end Sir Viv and other end Gilly against Dennis and Malcom with the new ball AND with old bowl Waqar and Wasim--------Dream would come true!(at their pick).
Adam was my favorite batsman! eventhough I was right-hander i used to play the pull exactly like him(village crick level)! i practiced it inside my room instead of studding!
easily the greatest wicketkeeper of all time
ahmed sarosh Faiz dhoni
Mark Boucher also
@@AhmedRaza-tc4cv was now way near Gilchrist.. however Dhoni was special in other aspects
Kumar may of surpassed him
Gilly,sanga,Boucher and dhoni.its difficult to choose one.
Gilly alwy my fav player ....luvd his technique of playing very unique ...
no doubt gilly is the best.one of my favourite
Lol "bout time Gilly" Lol classic!
From NZL 🇳🇿👍
the only batsman who can be compared with sir viv in terms of destruction.....
Harsh Pathak bro Virender Sehwag?
Ruchir Mundhra sehwag was more or less a hometrack bully
I am not a big Sehwag fan but he did score centuries everywhere. Even Gilchrist averages less than 30 in India and England
of all the batsman I have seen I would liken Aravinda De Silva the most to Viv Richards, Gilchrist would be a close second
Sir Viv 🇦🇬 and Gilchrist 🇦🇺
What a duo!
From a Kiwi 🇳🇿👍
wasim akram bowling lengend.🙏.gilly best batsman & best wicket keeper both are my.🔥 favorite from Australia.🔥🔥
Gilchrist has more abiilty than any player in history to get people to buy tickets anywhere in the world. Each game, he should bat for both teams
Mack3nzie Dravid I loved Gilly as much as anyone but the only batsman that was better to watch was Viv
Jayasuriya, aravinda de silva, azharuddin were all better to watch imo.
Gilly...... underrated....Akram....humble speaker
Wasim, what a bowler. As an Aussie, I hated it when he bowled as he always took wickets. But I also admired what he could do with the ball and bat, and I truly admire him as a person. A great cricketer, a great All rounder and an excellent person. And so wrapped with how he described Gilly as a cricketer and person as well. I also like listening to Wasim when he commentates.
Both are legend to me
What a great interview
What's that music played at the end?
But sanga is better in tests because he bats at 3 or 4 but gilly used to bat at 7 with tail.
Wasim was a joy to watch bowl.
u right the best wicket keeper batsman in the history of cricket
Gilchrist's test average was outstanding for where he batted.
The last two years really damaged his avg. Dude was averaging like 57-58 till 2005-06
Few players retirement from.game gives tears...gilly for sure was 1 among them ..great legend and great humble person as well....no dbt Sanga is better test wk batsman and dhoni.a better odi player as overall package but gilly too is in a league ...he was the main reason ..every other teams wanted WK as a good batsman as well..in directly boucher too improved as a batsman ..now coming to.151in Hobart ..that was too good....agree Langer was out in that match..
I did watch that match live on my tata nelco tv. Early morning.. That tv was there with for more than 20 yrs. No remote tv. I did installed a remote through technican..
I know cricket bcz of Gilly..
I loved watching the way he bated.. For me he is the greatest cricket batsmen in my book
Absolutely Right
Wasim akram is a great speaker
Doesn't that make Gilchrist better, in the fact that he had to stick with the tail to score his runs? Meaning he had far less time to score runs, had less batsmen to play with and had batsmen of far less quality to stick with, hence had to be more aggressive, increasing his chances of getting out?
And face reverse swing which is more dangerous than regular swing. Further, hitting a boundary of an older ball is harder than the new ball because the older ball becomes soft. So, Giilly's achievements can never be underrated.
the "indoor stadium" was etihad stadium
the best opening dangerous batsman..lagend.
Damn man. If that isn’t the best review ever. Always thought Gilchrist was superb.
Gilly was great
Gilly was different.. a pure gentleman who spoke and fought with his bat only.. unlike the foul mouthed cricketers like Kohli now who do this in the name of aggression!
I am surprised Akram didn't talk about Langer from the Hobart test with animosity, guess he is madder at the Umpire XD
what music is 5:10
U know ur a great batsman when a legend wasim akram is scared to bowl you
I love Michael Bevan
Gilly is one of greatest ever batsmen
Gilly.... 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 Uyirrrr
I'm unsure to be honest, I mean lets take 3 categories. Longevity in the game, ability to dominate bowlers and entertainment.
Sanga wins in longevity.
Gilly wins in ability to dominate
But they're both amazing to watch. Sangakkara's cover drive is amazing as just one example, while Gilly had the mentality "Fuck it, this bowlers going out of the stadium." Which was incredibly entertaining to watch.
Give me a choice between one of them I'd probably flip a coin to decide, can't go wrong with either
sangkkara fans are gay
Sangakarra only wins the longevity award because Gilchrist didn't get selected for his first Test match until a few days before his 28th birthday (his was born Nov 14 1971, Test debut Nov 4 1999). Sangakarra played his first Test at age 22.
you never try to bowl Gilly with pace...he will punish you 100/100
Hobert test is Gilly second test only. Awesome.
Gilchrist scored 81 on his debut too
The most dangerous ODI batsman who only made 1 century against Pakistan. And 1 century at the WC. Don't get me wrong he was dangerous and a terrific player. But there were a few I've seen better than him. He was lucky he never faced his own bowling imo.
Wasim got gilly 5 times in odi but still he says he is the toughest
Never got him out in Tests, shows the magnitude of Akram.
At Number 7, This Man walks in and took the Game away. Every Cricket fans nightmare. (apart Aussies)
gilly was the best batsman
Great English❤
Mate i know gilly is better then sanga in all the senses,i think i am his biggest if not then one of the biggest fan but the way i was talking i meant runs wise and records wise not the class or quality. Gilly all the way mate,Gilchrist forever. :)
The best batsman against pace bowling of all time....dont remember seeing him get hit by a bouncer ever
Nishant Shivanand he wasn't even the best Australian batsman agaibst pace bowling - Ricky ponting was better. Flintoff kind of ended his career and Akram and Akthar seemed to have an edge on him. I don't think he faced Wasim and Waqar at their peaks either regularly. I rate Gilly highly but I think he was a bit fortunate that he didn't face Ambrose, mcgrath or Lee amongst others. In my estimation Aravinda De Silva and Ponting were the two best players of pace bowling I have seen
Sugan Sivagnanam true I’d include Inzamam along with ponting and De silva to be the best batsman when facing pace bowling
@@sugansivagnanam7523 Gilly faced Ambross-Walsh too. Although those were bowling wickets, very low-scoring series but he could smash them anywhere in the field. Gilly smashed Shoib several times in his pick career and pulled some brilliant hundreds against him. Sometimes it looked like he used to pick Shoib's length like a spinner. You said Ponting was the best in Australia regarding playing pace, which isn't true. Ponting struggled against Harmisson in the 2005 series and got smashed on his chick. But Gilchrist hammered a brutal hundred in ODI in that year against Harmy, and then he got a hundred in 57 balls in Test also. Flintoff was able to get him out in that series, not because he scared off his bowling, pace, or swing but more for Gilly's overconfidence in cutting Flintoff from the beginning. If he had just refrained himself from cutting Flintoff at the beginning of the inning to settle himself first, the story would be a lot different. He proved it later in 2006 and 07 against Flintoff. You can call it a bad patch, but you cannot tell he struggled against Flintoff.
My xi would be Gilly, Ab De Villers, Steve Smith, Murali, Kohli, Wasim, Warne, Muhammad Amir, Dhoni, Shoaib, Kallis.
Imagine Gilchrist and sehwag opening !
Sehwag is still better than him.
@@Ali2Aalimay be ! But Gilchrist isn't a normal human being ! His left hand sawg and attacking is still the best
Gilly scored century in IPL with strike rate of 230+ 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I am amazed by what was had to say about Gilchrist but what I am not amazes is no tendulkar and Lara in the list of his all time 11
Gilchrist played same role as Gayle for westindies
Before T20, Gayle was just another batsman. But after T20, he changed his batting style and the beast in him came out.
Not by miles....... Kumar Sangakkara is not that far behind tbh. And possibly better as a Test player. But Gilly is still der best.
BETTER THAN DHONI THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER ALWAYS DOMINATED OPPONENTS.
AFTER SANATH JAYASURIYA, ADAM GILCHRIST WAS THE MASTER BLASTER OF WORLD CRICKET !@#$%.
PEELA dude he won 2 World Cup on his own
r u sure?
in odi, you wont pick dennis he was not that good, rather ud pick holding. and ud have viv and beven, cus beven got best average in odi and hes the best at rotating strike. viv just blasts it out of the ground. beven even better then gilly.
Some kids say some Guy from Ranchi is the best.... Dis Guy is at another level ❤️
Yes Ranchi boy is best with his all round ability
My All time Test Cricket XI
1. Matthew Hayden
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Brian Lara
5. Viv Richards
6. AB de Villiers
7. Ian Botham
8. Wasim Akram
9. Shane Warne
10. Muthiah Muralidharan
11. Glen McGrath
Jacques Kallis , Sanath Jayasuriya, Malcom Marshall and James Anderson are my Subs
And no wicketkeeper. Brilliant
@@kamalhusain7082 abd is WK
Waseem bhai,, I would slightly disagree with you on this. You are saying this yourself when in fact you had picked Gilchrist up many times even in ODIs and in 1st over on few occasions. I don't think he was that hard to bowl and many bowlers got his wicket earlier in the innings. Srinath did it, Akhtar did it and even many ordinary bowlers did it as well. If you say that about Jayasuriya I would not be surprised but Gilly wasn't that hard to bowl although he was a great ODI opener and wicket keeper.
@@Ali2Aali I disagree with you. I am a Pakistani and I watched all those matches live, and they were painful to watch. He really is telling the truth that no matter what kind of delivery they bowled, they got hammered. Gilchrist would even pick those impossible looking deliveries with so much movement very easily and cleanly, which most of the batsmen would fail to pick. Of course a lot of bowlers got him out. But compare that to how many innings he played against them and how many runs he scored and how much damaged he caused, both psychologically and in terms of runs. The other important thing to consider is that, Gilchrist's role at the top was to not necessarily play long innings, but to score as many runs as quickly as possible, and a lot of times he perished to average looking bowlers while attempting that.
@@alikhawar520You are right. Ali2Ali is biased. Gilchrist was like Sir Viv. He would destroy Wasim, Shoaib, Waqar and all of them. Gilchrist is the legend of the game. According to me the top 4odi batsman are : Viv , Sachin, Gilchrist and ponting . Special mentions are Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Kohli and dean jones .
Gilly would have had more records if Ian Healy didn't prolong imminent retirement and kept Gilly from playing. The selectors never even considered to drop Healy until really late in his career.
That's the usual case with Australian Cricket. Many many superstar players didn;t get chance. Some of them got very late - Mike Hussey, Hayden, Symonds, etc. Its the level of Competition in Aus cricket at that time.
Keeper - dhoni
Batsman- gilly
Lo, have watched Gilly keep😆😆😆Only Boucher can equal Gilly in Keeping, none will match Gilly in keeping.
I think the only eleven without Akram😂
Search gillcrist vs akram
N u will find how great Akram is
Gilchrist smashed every pak great bowler
Sangakara test batting average 57.50 and one day batting average 41.90 and Adam gilchrist test average is 47.20 and one day batting average 35.46 then decided who is better
Muhammad Tahir
Sangakara Bangladesh Zimbabwe basher.lol 😂😂 zero match winning centuries in Australia or England
Sanga averages 32 in test when he kept wickets..he played mostly as a pure batsman..whereas gilly change the role of wicket keeping batsman..
Dumb, averages doesn't matter, Sanga never scored plenty of runs in Australia, South Africa while Gilly Scored centuries in India, Sri lanka
It's not about average. Sanga not kept wickets in test for most of his time. He just played as batsman. Gilly comes at no 7 and whacked all over park who averages 47 in the era of great australia batting line up is something extraordinary.
All dear readers, I'd like to share my all time beast 11. Do reply your thoughts IN RESPECTFUL MANNER.
My ALL TIME BEAST 11-
(With the consideration that all players are in the best ever form)
ODI :
1. Sachin
2. Jayasuriya
3. Ponting (captain)
4. Kallis
5. Gilchrist (wicketkeeper)
6. Bevan
7. Warne
8. Akram
9. Lee
10. McGrath
11. Muralitharan
Test :
1. Bradman
2. Jack Hobbs
3. Viv Richards (captain)
4. Dravid (wicketkeeper)
5. Lara
6. Steve Waugh
7. Richard Hadlee/Imran Khan
8. Brett Lee/Michael Holding
9. Malcolm Marshall
10. Joel Garner
11. Andy Roberts
I CAN BET THAT THIS TEAM CAN'T AND WON'T LOSE EVEN TO LEGENDARY AUSTRALIA OR WINDIES TEAM !!!
Joend🇵🇰⚾🇿🇦🥎🐂🏏
No Contest
I agree ur words sir but sehwag has slight edge over gilly. Sehwag is the most dangerous than anyone in this planet.even gilchrist will agree this
Gilly is a squash ball cheat
Lol 😆😆don't cry. He showed the entire World that he used a Squash ball. If he doesn't show it to the world, none of the fuking guys like will know. That was a Gentleman!!
I think u r a SriLankan and cant digest 2007 wcup final defeat.
Matt prior is the best
Gilly lost his honour when he hide a squash ball in his gloves and show he is afraid to srilankan bowlers in carribian
+citizenxgen especially when he can't english
A Khan "especially when he can't english"R.I.P English
Genius, that's for better grip and any cricketer can do it, like Malinga throwing ball instead of bowling like Vaas
Waqar was much better thn Wasim he would have got more wickets if given chance but jealousy waz the reason
Nasir Ali
Nope wasim is incomparable as a bowler
Nasir Ali bhayi comparison mat karo they are legends. But after 1995 back injury waquar lost his karisma. Still good but not the same bowler last 5/6 years till 2003 .lost his pace completely he used to bowled those magical swinging balls which changes direction through air at the very last moment speed more than 86 km/h .Win so many matches for the team.Now days people won't believed that in 1990s fast bowlers win crunch games defending totals.i.e. 50 balls 40 runs to win for opposite team wasim waquar the bowler but give win to pak with magical bowling.fast but clean bowling action hats off
sanga is better then adam
SHAHZADA SHAMS lol..you are comparing a flat track bully with a Australian legend.
nishit gupta aus mai 2015 ke world cup mai bowling pitch par lagatar 4 century tera bap mara tha na second heighest run scorer in world avz 57 14000 run in odi har chij mai sanga usse behter hai jaker record check kar le dono ka burbak cricket ki a b c bhi jante hai ki nahi
Sanga great but Gilchrist was dangerous opener world