Legendary wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist said that in all likelihood he would be playing in next year's Indian Premier League. He said that a day after Kings XI Punjab retained him in its initial squad, says a report in The Indian Express.
"Before the sixth edition of the IPL begins the side has been sorting the team list and the franchisee has made the decision of including me in the playing list. So there is a good likelihood that I might play in IPL-6. We are getting our strategies worked out, let us see how things shape up," Gilchrist said.
Meanwhile, The Times of India reports Gilchrist saying that the upcoming Australia’s tour of India will be a big tour.
"It is going to be a big tour. It will be a terrific challenge. We have learnt a lot from our previous visits to India. There is lot to happen in the upcoming series and I am eagerly awaiting for the contest. But before the tour starts, both Australia and India have a lot of work to do. Australia is developing well under Michael Clarke. They are improving as a side and personally Micheal has been able to step-up his results also," he said.
On the new-look Indian team, he said, “Like Australia, India is also going through a transition. If you take McGrath and Shane out of the Australian team you won't get the same old team. Same is the case with the Indian middle-order. There is only one guy among the big-four who is still playing and that is the little god himself. The team is going through a transition and if you lose players of the calibre of Dravid, Laxman and Ganguly, the team is obviously going to be affected.”
