Adam Gilchrist Keeps IPL Trophy Above World Cup Trophy; Michael Vaughan Reacts

Former rivals and ex-cricketers Adam Gilchrist and Michael Vaughan recently debated on captaincy issues. Gilchrist captained Australia in both Tests and ODIs in the absence of Ricky Ponting, while Vaughan famously led England to the 2005 Ashes triumph over Australia.

Notably, while Adam Gilchrist also played and captained in the Indian Premier League with distinction, Vaughan never got the chance to experience the highs of the richest T20 league in the world.

In the aftermath of Vaughan's involvement in a social media video for Cricbuzz, when he was asked to select the greatest IPL captain ever, Gilchrist took exception at being interrupted by his erstwhile opponent.

“Lot harder to win an IPL trophy than a World Cup”- Adam Gilchrist

Gilchrist pointed out that foreign experience did not influence this conversation when Vaughan selected his countryman Pat Cummins.

“Let me bring it up here. Gilchrist or Pat Cummins. He’s not playing for Australia. I’ll tell you, it’s a lot harder to win an IPL trophy than a World Cup. You heard it right here on Club Prairie Fire. Sorry Punter, he captained about 8 World Cups,” claimed Gilchrist, before poking some fun at his former international captain Ricky Ponting.

You just insulted the whole town of Hyderabad: Adam Gilchrist to Michael Vaughan on forgetting IPL franchise name

But the teasing didn't end there, as Vaughan forgot that Gilchrist led the Deccan Chargers to the 2009 IPL trophy. Gilchrist continued to make fun of the former English captain after Vaughan even mispronounced the name of the now-disbanded team.

Notably, Adam Gilchrist had captained Deccan Chargers to the 2009 IPL win in South Africa. The Chargers boast names like Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Symonds, Rohit Sharma, Ryan Harris, and RP Singh.

“Did you win an IPL? It was the Deccan Warriors or whatever it was called,” said Vaughan.

“Jesus Christ, are we serious? Are we cricket experts here? You’ve just offended the whole town of Hyderabad,” retorted Gilchrist with a laugh.

“Yeah, just lifted the trophy, came last the first year and then won the second year,” the Australian wicket-keeper reminded Vaughan.

“My research didn’t go down to the depths of the Deccan Warriors, I didn’t get in the brief that it was just IPL, I thought it was captaincy in general. I had to go with Pat Cummins. MS Dhoni was my pick over Rohit Sharma, which triggered a bit of a debate,” Vaughan said.

Here is the video:

😮 Great Drama on the show 📺 this week as Gilly confronts Vaughany after he dropped him from his great IPL 🇮🇳 captains game 😂 and gets told winning an IPL is harder than a World Cup 🏆 #ClubPrairieFire pic.twitter.com/wR7QCLxAUF

— Club Prairie Fire (@clubprairiefire) April 3, 2025

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