<p>“I had a feeling in the morning that we would win by six wickets. I always back my instincts so I just took out a paper and wrote this. I am quite amazed that it came true,” Gilchrist, who smashed a hurricane 35-ball 85 to single-handedly take the match away from Delhi Daredevils last night, told the IPL’s official website.<br /><br />“It is what invokes in us an urge to do better on the field. The beauty is that it makes the performance, whatever that may be, rewarding,” the Australian added.<br /><br />Deccan Chargers finished at the bottom of the table last season but Gilchrist turned it around brilliantly for them this year, leading from the front with some scintillating batting.<br /><br />The swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batsman said the dramatic turnaround of fortunes has been possible because the side has learnt from the mistakes committed last season.<br /><br />“We have learnt a lot from our mistakes last year and this year we had decided to back our skills,” he said. <br /><br />Gilchrist said his blazing knock last night was his best in T20 so far. “...tonight this was the most important knock of my life. I think I just pulled it out in a big match situation not only in the World Cup (2007) final but also here. Back then I knew I had Punter (Ricky Ponting), Symo (Andrew Symonds) and others to follow, but today since we were chasing, I wanted to finish it off. In T20s it is by far my best knock,” he said.<br /><br />Gilchrist described Deccan Chargers’ performance this year as the “journey of a lifetime”. <br />“We have learnt that it is possible to improve our potential. The winners also learn. We have now learnt to explore what is more humanly possible for us as a team. It has been a journey of a lifetime for most of us,” he said.<br /><br />“I think ‘competition’ does not mean an attempt to beat others. It merely means ‘to do better’ than what one is already doing,” he added.</p>
<p>“I had a feeling in the morning that we would win by six wickets. I always back my instincts so I just took out a paper and wrote this. I am quite amazed that it came true,” Gilchrist, who smashed a hurricane 35-ball 85 to single-handedly take the match away from Delhi Daredevils last night, told the IPL’s official website.<br /><br />“It is what invokes in us an urge to do better on the field. The beauty is that it makes the performance, whatever that may be, rewarding,” the Australian added.<br /><br />Deccan Chargers finished at the bottom of the table last season but Gilchrist turned it around brilliantly for them this year, leading from the front with some scintillating batting.<br /><br />The swashbuckling wicketkeeper-batsman said the dramatic turnaround of fortunes has been possible because the side has learnt from the mistakes committed last season.<br /><br />“We have learnt a lot from our mistakes last year and this year we had decided to back our skills,” he said. <br /><br />Gilchrist said his blazing knock last night was his best in T20 so far. “...tonight this was the most important knock of my life. I think I just pulled it out in a big match situation not only in the World Cup (2007) final but also here. Back then I knew I had Punter (Ricky Ponting), Symo (Andrew Symonds) and others to follow, but today since we were chasing, I wanted to finish it off. In T20s it is by far my best knock,” he said.<br /><br />Gilchrist described Deccan Chargers’ performance this year as the “journey of a lifetime”. <br />“We have learnt that it is possible to improve our potential. The winners also learn. We have now learnt to explore what is more humanly possible for us as a team. It has been a journey of a lifetime for most of us,” he said.<br /><br />“I think ‘competition’ does not mean an attempt to beat others. It merely means ‘to do better’ than what one is already doing,” he added.</p>