Exclusive: Delhi's Daredevils in conversation

There were certain similarities. I think, one thing that I can reflect back to then and now to the present in the context of what is happening here is the best of players and not stars from different teams and countries, who are all pulling together. And we found that during the world series cricket as well. We remember we didn't know what to do and that pulled us all together - players from different parts of Australia. Similar sort of a things here also whatever I have seen so far with the Daredevils team. The youngsters have a feel for each other. And in a team situation, to feel for each others success rather than your own that is half way to being successful.

Gaurav Kalra: Shane Warne thinks that it is better to give up on One-Day cricket completely and play just the Test matches and the twenty20 cricket. Are you on the same opinion as him?

Glenn McGrath: I am very much the traditional sort. And it is up to us to ensure that the Test cricket continues on forever and it is not affected too much by the T20. Obviously, One-Day cricket will be. As Shane has said to get do away with the One-Day cricket, but I think I will be disappointed if that happens. I hope there is still spot for that. But In think T20 has the potential to be too big and affect all forms of the game.

Hopefully, the ICC can find a schedule for the IPL once in a year and there are no international commitments in this period of this month and a half or two months. So that everyone can be involved in it and then go back and play international cricket. I hate to say that it will affect international cricket. But I think it is great for the players, for the spectators. It to be happening here in India, it can't help but be successful. So, I think, it is the future of cricket and to me as long as it doesn't affect Test cricket, it is fine.

Gaurav Kalra: Gautam, let me ask you about the approach of a batsman in twenty20 cricket. You are sitting with two legendary bowlers who would have adjusted to the T20 cricket or any form of cricket but you had such a successful T20 World Cup. Are you just thinking differently when you are playing T20 cricket? You think you have the license to attack someone like McGrath in T20 cricket but not perhaps so much in a One-day game or Test cricket?

Gautam Gambhir: Honestly speaking, in any form of the game, whether it is Twenty20, One-Dayers or Test cricket, if you are a opening batsman you look to give your team a good start, maybe you can have a look for 1 or 2 overs and then maybe you have that little bit of a freedom to really go after the bowling. You can really improvise a lot. That is basically one advantage that a batsman has in a T20 game. Otherwise, your job is to go out there and give your team a good start and that is what is very important in any form of the game.

Gaurav Kalra: But would you go after the bowling a lot more in twenty20?

Gautam Gambhir: See you might improvise much more in a T20 match than in a 50-over a side or in test cricket. You might develop certain sorts or target certain areas. That is one thing that changes in T20.

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