All-Time Best XI of Game Changers in ODI Cricket

3. Adam Gilchrist (Australia):

The job of wicket keeper used to be just to keep wickets and bat at no. 8 or 9 to give some support to the lower order. Australia’s Adam Gilchrist changed that perception with a jolt to the proper followers of the game.
The way he attacked the bowling from the onset meant every team now looked at a wicket-keeper who could contribute more than just keeping wickets and shouting encouraging stuff from behind the stumps. Like Jayasuriya, Gilchrist could destroy any bowling attack within minutes, scoring at more than run a ball easily. Gilchrist will be remembered as a batsman who kept wickets rather than the reverse.