Gilchrist opens up on emotions while leading Aus to 2004 series win in India

Former Australian wicketkeeperbatter Adam Gilchrist on Tuesday recalled being nervous about getting the captaincy during the tour of India in 200405 during which Aussies made history and secured their first India vs Australia series win on Indian soilOn the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Australias famous and only series win in India back in the 200405 season Gilchrist was speaking on the Stories After Stumps programmeWhile speaking in a video posted by cricketcomau Gilchrist said that he was in a panic when skipper Ricky Ponting injured himself in the ICC Champions Trophy 2004 ahead of the series and was ruled out of the first three Tests of the fourmatch India vs Australia seriesI was absolutely in a panic from the moment I saw we were playing I think in the Champions Trophy in the UK we at Edgbaston and Punter took a ball on the thumb and he never left the field So it did not matter how bad an injury he was he stayed out there as a tough little fellow but he went off and then did not come back out and we realized that one he is out of that tournament and two unlikely if it thumb is broken that he will be able to go to India certainly at the start recalled GilchristGilchrist said that he was nervous and pretty uncertain about going back to India thanks to some bad memories of the 2001 tour which India had won 21 Gilchrist started that tour on a strong note with a century in Mumbai but got dismissed for duck twice at Eden Gardens in Kolkata and for one in each innings during the Bengaluru TestSo I was starting to get nervous straight away mainly because memories from the 2001 tour which was just an epic series one of the great Test match series and for me personally I went from the highest of highs scoring 100 in the first Test of that one series but then closing out the series with well a king pair at the Eden Gardens and then another pair of ones in the last test So I was mentally I was a bit scarred from the back end of that tour So was I ready to go back there in general I was not sure and then to have the captains armband on I was even less certain he addedAlso Read World Test Championship 202325 Race for WTC final intensifies as teams vie for pointsGilchrists men pulled off the job of handing India a rare home series loss In the third decisive Test at Nagpur a brilliant batting performance from Damian Martyn 114 and 97 helped Australia give a target of 543 to India India was bundled out for just 200 runs with Jason Gillespie getting a fourwicket haul India lost the series 12 and till this day it remains their only home series loss to Australia Gilchrist also ended up having a much better series scoring 218 runs in four Tests at an average of 3118 with one century a knock of 104 in the first Bengaluru Test which India lost by 217 runsNow this years BorderGavaskar Trophy will start from November 22 onwards with first Test at PerthThe second Test scheduled for December 6 to 10 at Adelaide Oval will feature the exciting daynight format under the stadiums lights After that fans will turn their attention to The Gabba in Brisbane for the third Test which will be held from December 14 to 18The customary Boxing Day Test set for December 26 to 30 at Melbournes storied Melbourne Cricket Ground will bring the series to its penultimate stageThe fifth and final Test to take place at the Sydney Cricket Ground from January 3 to 7 will serve as the series climax promising a dramatic conclusion to an exciting contestIndias squad for the BorderGavaskar Trophy Rohit Sharma C Jasprit Bumrah VC Yashasvi Jaiswal Abhimanyu Easwaran Shubman Gill Virat Kohli KL Rahul Rishabh Pant WK Sarfaraz Khan Dhruv Jurel WK R Ashwin R Jadeja Mohd Siraj Akash Deep Prasidh Krishna Harshit Rana Nitish Kumar Reddy Washington SundarWith agency inputs