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    "excerpt": "Melbourne, Nov 13:\u00a0Former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist has revealed that Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was one of the toughest bowlers he faced in his entire career. During a 30",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Melbourne, Nov 13:<\/strong>&nbsp;Former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist has revealed that Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was one of the toughest bowlers he faced in his entire career.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>During a 30-minute reflection on his career on cricket.com.au&#39;s The Unplayable Podcast, Gilchrist recalled the famous 2001 Test series against India which saw Australia end their 16th Test winning streak. During that iconic series, the left-handed batter scored a remarkable counter-attacking hundred in the first Test at Mumbai as the mighty Aussies, led by Steve Waugh, won their 16th consecutive Test.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We were five for 99, I went in there, got a hundred off 80 balls, we won in three days and I just thought, &#39;What have these blokes been doing for 30 years. How easy&#39;s this? And how wrong I was. We&#39;ve only got to fast forward to the next Test match and I came back to reality,&quot; said Gilchrist.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>However, what happened in the next two Tests was something which remains eked in the history of world cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;As it would turn out, by the end of that series we probably needed to learn how to put a handbrake on just to get a holding pattern, rather than &#39;attack, attack, attack&#39; because it doesn&#39;t always work - Harbhajan bamboozled us. He was a bit of a nemesis for me right throughout my career. I found him and Murali probably the two hardest bowlers to face,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Harbhajan picked up 32 wickets in three matches, including the first-ever Test hat-trick for India in Kolkata and was adjudged the Man of the Series.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The 47-year-old further said that after the 2001 series, Australia brought in a lot of change in their approach and tactics when it came to Test cricket.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We changed our tactics a great deal. In 2001 what we learnt was we can&#39;t just attack our way out of every situation,&quot; said Gilchrist.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We had to learn to swallow our ego and go defensive, and that was very much part of the whole collective mindset of the group; (for example) the bowlers had to take a step back and run in with the new ball with one slip and a sweeper on the leg side,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n",
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