Adam Gilchrist may have felt like ‘a cow’ after being auctioned at the cash-rich Indian Premier League, but the just-retired Australian wicketkeeper-batsman says he does not mind being part of the ‘unique and interesting’ venture.

Gilchrist admitted that his name being auctioned was an unusual experience for him and he would wait and watch what the IPL had in store for the players.

“There was a little element of feeling like a cow. But it’s interesting and unique. There is a slight uneasiness. But let us allow it to settle down,” Gilchrist said on Saturday.

Gilchrist, bought by the Hyderabad franchise, said playing for an unfamiliar team was not an issue as he had switched sides in domestic cricket in Australia. “I was born and bred in New South Wales. But I had to shift to Western Australia from where I got into the Australian team,” he said.

“Any youngster looking at dollar signs and not cricket is not good. In IPL there is great money. But there should be respect for cricket. Actually, it’s upto the individual.

“The best way is to look at Sachin Tendulkar, who has handled himself very well. For young and successful cricketers, there should be a level of integrity (towards cricket),” Gilchrist said while advising youngsters not to get carried away by the IPL money.

Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi, however, criticised the IPL, saying it’s run on ‘OPI and OPM.’ “I call the IPL a jig, what else you call it? It’s run on OPI (Other People’s Intelligence) and OPM (Other People’s Money). Some deservingly and some undeservingly becoming millionaires.”