Seamer Mitchell Johnson claimed his first five-wicket haul in one-day internationals as Australia scored a crushing nine-wicket victory over India in the fifth one-dayer in Vadodara.
Gilchrist believes that the 50-over game can test of a player's skill better than the slam bang Twenty20 format.
Heavy spells of rain in this port city of Kerala have cast a doubt over Tuesday's one dayer, the second in the series, between India and Australia.
'There is a very fine margin between foolishness and bravado,' said the Indian captain, defending his decision not to continue with the match after rain subsided in the first ODI against Australia.
Harbhajan Singh was left out of the Indian line-up because of an injury he sustained during the nets on Friday evening.
"Leading a team to such a triumph just after taking over as captain is a great achievement," said Australia captain Ricky Ponting.
Shane Warne crowned his international farewell with a brilliant half-century to put Australia in control of the final Ashes Test against England on Thursday.
The Aussies won the Group B match at the Twenty20 World Cup by 8 wickets and entered the Super Eight stage.
Australia beat New Zealand by four wickets in the warm-up match ahead of the Twenty20 World Cup.
Gilchrist made an unbeaten 102 after recording the second fastest hundred in Test cricket history.
Monty Panesar captured five wickets on his Ashes debut to help England bowl out Australia for 244 on the opening day of the third Test.
Australia fast bowler Brett Lee was reported for excessive appealing in the second Ashes Test.
The two were embroiled in a controversial incident during the second ODI against Sri Lanka.
Former Australia captain Steve Waugh says the upcoming four-match rubber is a 'significant chance' for India to win their first Test series Down Under.
Australia's senior cricketers are playing down suggestions they might retire en masse if they win back the Ashes.
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Australia's Adam Gilchrist did not contravene the rules by using a squash ball in his left glove during the World Cup final, the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) said on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka officials are questioning the morality of Adam Gilchrist using a squash ball in his glove during the World Cup final.
Sri Lanka Cricket officials are to raise with the International Cricket Council Australian Adam Gilchrist's use of a squash ball in his left glove in the World Cup final.
Adam Gilchrist played fierce, played tidy and downright cheeky to score record-breaking 103 runs off 79 balls
Katich opened the batting with Gilchrist after Australian selectors dropped Hayden from the one-day side.
India's Dinesh Karthik has been shortlisted for the Emerging Player of the Year award.
Adam Gilchrist said that at the start of the tour he had not expected a 2-0 lead going into the last Test.
Australia's captain promised a strong fightback on day 2 of the second Test.
The recent ODI tour of the Windies have cost the players their top slots.
Australian great Adam Gilchrist doesn't see himself being a full-time coach with the Indian team but is very much open to making an IPL comeback in whatever role possible. Gilchrist, who played his last IPL in 2013 when he also doubled up as the coach of Kings XI Punjab, said he has loved his experience in the world's most popular T20 league. "Coaching a team full-time is probably unlikely. I am not really seeing myself as a coach but may be some involvement down the track in the IPL," Gilchrist told PTI.
India captain Dravid dropped out of the batting top 10, down three places to 12th.
India's Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag also feature in list of ten most destructive ODI batsmen.
Australia, chasing 307 to win, were 212 for four at the close of the fourth day of the first Test against Bangladesh
Bangladesh reduced Australia to 145 for six after piling up a score of 427 in their first innings
Set a target of 243, Australia chased down the total with 4.4 overs to spare in the tri-series opener that also involves New Zealand.
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