Agar sabse pasandida cricket khiladi ke liye ek poll hota, to Adam Gilchrist nishchit roop se pramukh namaon mein hote. One Day International (ODI) matches mein shuruaat ke liye ve ek adarsh batsman the aur wicket-keeper batsman ke kirdar mein umang laaye. Unhone number satvaan par Tests ko khelne ki drishti ko badal diya.

Gilchrist ne apna antarashtriya career ODIs mein South Africa ke khilaf ek wicket-keeper ke roop mein 1996 mein shuru kiya. Tendulkar ki tarah, unhone order mein neeche batting karna shuru kiya. Unhone wahan acchi pradarshn kiya lekin jaldi hi unhe innings kholne bheja gaya kyunki pinch-hitters (ballebaaz jo fielding restrictions ka fayda uthate hain) ki zaroorat thi. Iss badlav se unka career badal gaya, aur unhone Sydney mein South Africa ke khilaf apne doosre match mein apna pehla shatak banaya.

Unki akramak aur lagataar batting ne unki team ko bahut madad ki aur unhe Test debut ka raasta dikha. Unhone apne Test career ka shandar shuruaat ki, apne pehle match mein 81 aur doosre match mein not out 149 banakar apne team ko Pakistan ke khilaf ek kathin lakshya ke peeche karne mein madad ki. Unhone apna akramak style banaaye rakha aur jab bhi out hote the tab bina umpire ke decision ka intezaar kiye pitch chod dete the.

Gilchrist ka ekmatra double century 2002 mein Johannesburg mein South Africa ke khilaf aaya, jo unhe Man of the Match ka khitab dilaya jab Australia ne innings ke fark se vijay prapt kiya. 2004 mein, Bharat ke daure par, unhone injured Ricky Ponting ke sthaan par team ka netritva kiya aur pehle teen matches mein do jeete, aur Bharat mein pehli Test series jeet 1969/70 ke baad prapt ki.

Unka strike rate Tests mein 82 aur ODIs mein 97, batting averages 47 aur 36 ke saath, aur unke wicket-keeping ke kaushal ne unhe cricket ke mahan khiladiyon mein ek banaya. Yeh sab Australia ke us samay ke prabhutva ka mukhya karan tha. Unhone Australia ke lagatar teen World Cup jeet mein bhi mehtvapurn bhoomika nibhayi. Halanki 1999 World Cup mein unki form acchi nahi thi, lekin finals mein unka 54 runs tournament jitwane wala sabit hua. 2003 aur 2007 World Cups mein unhone aur bhi accha pradarshan kiya, 2003 mein 408 runs banaye aur 2007 finals mein Sri Lanka ke khilaf shandar 149 banaye, Australia ke liye World Cups ki hat-trick sunishchit ki.

2007-08 Test series Bharat ke khilaf, Gilchrist ne kuch aasan catches chhod diye aur unhone mehsoos kiya ki unka competitive edge kho gaya hai. Iske baad unhone jaldi apne retirement ki ghoshna kar di. Halanki, unhone domestic khelna jari rakha aur Indian T20 League mein bhaag liya, 2008 mein Hyderabad team ka hissa bane. Unke samajhdaar netritva mein, unhone 2009 mein apni pehli trophy jeeti. Baad mein, unhe Punjab team ne captain ke roop mein sign kiya aur 2012 mein unhe unka coach bhi banaya gaya.