Gilchrist's decade of fulfillment
Ten years ago, around this time of the year, a promising wicketkeeper batsman set foot on the tarmac of New Delhi's airport at 2 AM, called upon as an emergency replacement for the injured Ian Healy
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
Ten years ago, around this time of the year, a promising wicketkeeper batsman set foot on the tarmac of New Delhi's airport at 2 AM, called upon as an emergency replacement for the injured Ian Healy. Still dazed, he stumbled onto his hotel room, trying not to wake up his captain, and four hours later, hopped onto the team bus and introduced himself to the rest. That cricketer was Adam Gilchrist and he didn't have to introduce himself again.
Gilchrist was at home in Perth in October, 1996, preparing for his third season of domestic cricket for Western Australia in the hope of making it to the international stage when he received a call telling him to catch the first available flight to India
Read the full piece by Andrew Ramsey in The Australian.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo