The former stumper, in his book, took a dig at Sachin Tendulkar, hinting that the Indian maestro was a sore loser besides questioning the commitments of Sourav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh during their 2004 series.

Gilchrist also said the happenings during India's trip Down Under in 2007-2008 tarnished Australia’s reputation to the extent that his honesty too got dragged into the line.

“Now I was being accused of being a bad sport, for claiming the catch. This was great example of what some of my teammates had warned me about; that my principled stance on walking would be used to beat me with.

“...according to Roebuck and others, I was part of an ugly win-at-all-costs attitude. I dropped my standards to the point where I was, basically cheating.”

Gilchrist felt the Sydney Test also had a bearing on how the third Test at Perth would go.

“There were crucial moments in Perth when we hesitated, and I felt it cost us initiative in the match... The Indians lapped it up in the field. Knowing that we were the ones under pressure for our behaviour, they went in hard and aggressive, thinking it would not matter what they did.”