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A banter between two legends of their respective countries, Adam Gilchrist and Michael Vaughan has caught the attention of cricket world. After Michael Vaughan took part in a social media video for Cricbuzz, where he was asked to select the greatest captain in IPL history, Adam Gilchrist was quick to express his disappointment at being dismissed from contention early by his former rival. Vaughan ultimately picked Gilchrist’s fellow Australian, Pat Cummins, prompting Gilchrist to argue that international experience was irrelevant to the discussion.
“Let me bring it up here. Gilchrist or Pat Cummins. He’s not playing for Australia.
I’ll tell you, it’s a lot harder to win an IPL trophy than a World Cup,” claimed Gilchrist, before poking some fun at former Australia captain Ricky Ponting: "You heard it right here on Club Prairie Fire. Sorry Punter, he captained about 8 World Cups." The banter did not stop there as Vaughan could not recall Gilchrist led Deccan Chargers to IPL title in 2009.
Former England cricketer could not even recall the team's name correctly which is now disbanded which led the former Australia captain poking some more fun. “Did you win an IPL? It was Decan Warriors or whatever it was called,” said Vaughan. Also Read - 'Money doesn't define how you will play': Venkatesh Iyer hits back at critics after sensational knock against SRH “Jesus Christ, are we serious? Are we cricket experts here? You’ve just offended the whole town of Hyderabad,” retorted Gilchrist with a laugh.
“Yeah, just lifted the trophy, came last the first year and then won the second year,” the Australia legeend reminded Vaughan. Gilchrist became the second Australian captain to win the IPL, following Shane Warne, who guided the Rajasthan Royals to victory in the inaugural season. Also Read - 'Tere graha idhar udhar chal rahe.
..': Axar Patel discloses never-heard tale involving MS Dhoni “My research didn’t go down to the depths of the Deccan Warriors,” said Vaughan, humorously once again getting the name wrong.
"I didn’t get in the brief that it was just IPL, I thought it was captaincy in general," explained Vaughan regarding his choice. "I had to go with Pat Cummins." Also Read - IPL 2025: Rohit Sharma’s 'leaked' chat with Zaheer Khan sparks Mumbai Indians controversy buzz among fans “MS Dhoni was my pick over Rohit Sharma which triggered a bit of a debate,” he concluded by noting that both Indian players had each lifted five IPL trophies as captains.
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