Adam Gilchrist talks about most difficult Test series he has been a part of

Australian cricket legend Adam Gilchrist turns 48 on November 14, Thursday. He is one of the most explosive batsmen to have played the game. Besides being a nightmare for the opposition with the bat, Gilchrist was arguably the best wicket-keeper the game had ever seen. His technique behind the stumps was impeccable.

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Gilchrist has 417 catches and 55 stumpings to his name in One-Day International (ODI) cricket, a record that was broken by Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara in 2015.

With the bat, the explosive batsman scored 5,570 runs in 96 Tests at an average of 47.60. In ODIs, he scored 9,619 runs from 287 matches at a strike rate of 96.94. Gilchrist retired from the international circuit in March 2008.

During a fascinating 30-minute reflection on his career on Australia's leading cricket website, the southpaw spoke on various aspects of his cricketing journey. One of the topics he spoke on was the most difficult Test series of his career.

Here's the Tweet by a leading Australian cricket website

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Gilchrist had won his first 14 Test matches and was riding high on confidence coming into the 2001 Test series in India. In the first Test in Mumbai, he came in at a crucial situation when the Aussies were reeling for 99/5. He went all guns blazing as he registered a hundred off 80 balls and Australia stormed to a 16th straight win. After his ton, he was so high confidence that he felt it a series win India was a walk in the park.

But all his notions were changed in the next two Tests. He admitted how wrong he was as India made a miraculous comeback to win the series 2-1. Gilchrist's performed miserably in the next two Tests. The southpaw became the first Australian to record a king pair in Test cricket and added two ones in the final match as young off-spinner Harbhajan ran riot with 32 wickets in three matches.

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For a man so synonymous with winning, it is ironic that Gilchrist rates the 2001 Test series in India the toughest he had been a part of along with 2005 Ashes. They are the only two series he lost.

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