4 players who did well in Tests despite being touted as limited-overs specialists

#2 Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist

There are stars, there are superstars and then there are players who go on to redefine a particular role. These players are known as the trendsetters - a person who comes and redefines the manner in which a particular role is seen or perceived. The cricketer, in this case, is Adam Gilchrist and the role he went on to redefine was that of a wicket-keeper batsman.

Before Gilchrist, wicketkeepers were selected purely on the basis of their skills behind the wicket and their ability to churn out some quality knocks was only a bonus. However, Adam Gilchrist, courtesy his precocious talent with the bat went on to terrorize the bowlers all around the world.

When on a song, he would pulverize the bowling unit no matter which format of the game he was playing. Ask Pakistan, who were the first ones to face the wrath of Gilly's bat in his debut game at Hobart in 1999. Or ask the South Africans, against whom he struck what was then the fastest Test double hundred, back in 2002.

Adam Gilchrist went on to play 96 Test matches for Australia between 1999-2008, during which he scored 5570 runs at an average of 47.61 and a strike-rate of 81.86, leaving a legacy and a template for other countries to follow as far as selecting wicket-keeper in their Test side, often leading to the likes of Rishabh Pant and Quinton de Kock being termed as his successors.

Test Career: Matches - 96, Runs - 5570, Average - 47.61, Centuries - 17