Retirements that left the Cricketing World in shock

#2 Adam Gilchrist

Gilchrist's finest hour in Cricket

One of the greatest wicket-keeping batsman, someone who revolutionized the role of a wicket-keeper batsman, Gilchrist's fans were left in shock and disarray when the Aussie decided to hang up his boots at the end of the 2007-08 Border Gavaskar Trophy.

Gilchrist's retirement came barely 24 hours after breaching past the world record for dismissals. His announcement came at the end of the third day of the 4th Test between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval.

Gilchrist played 96 Test matches for Australia and collected 414 dismissals, the highest at the time of his retirement, but it was a fearless approach to batting that will forever remain his legacy.

Gilchrist's finest hour as a Test batsman arrived in 1999, when he (149), along with Justin Langer (127) was involved in a match-winning partnership of 238 at Hobart to lead the Aussies to a preposterous win.