Why did this great batsman announce his retirement in the middle of the Test against India? Shocking revelation happened in 16 years

Adam Gilchrist: Australia's great batsman Adam Gilchrist has openly said about announcing his retirement in the middle of a Test match after 16 years, saying that he had to announce his retirement due to a missed catch. Had Adam Gilchrist played 4 more Tests at that time, he would have become one of the greatest Australian players to play more than 100 Tests. But Adam Gilchrist announced his Test retirement in the middle of the Adelaide Test match against India.

Laxman dropped the catch

Gilchrist recently said in a podcast, 'The last time I played for Australia, an incident happened. I was trying to catch Brett Lee's ball. But the night before this match, I was on the phone with my wife all night planning the tour, because we were going to tour West Indies after the series with India. On that tour, I was probably going to play my 99th Test and then we were going to tour India again and in India, I would have played my 100th Test and I would have been in an elite group of Australian Test cricketers and a few other players. From all over the world.'

The great wicketkeeper further said about his retirement, 'When Laxman's catch slipped from my hand and I saw the replay on the big screen. This replay was shown on the screen at least 32 times. Seeing this, I decided to retire immediately.

Gilchrist said, 'Hayden tried to convince me not to take such a drastic decision. But I did not agree and retired.

Gilchrist's career

Gilchrist played 96 test matches for Australia. During this period he took 416 dismissals in 191 innings. He took 379 catches and 37 stumpings. This batsman has scored 5570 runs in tests. He scored 17 centuries and 26 half-centuries. In ODI, Gilchrist scored 9619 runs in 287 matches. In which this batsman has scored 16 centuries and 55 half-centuries.