Sports News: Gilchrist lauds Rohit Sharma wicket-taking

Kimberley: Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist could not help but praise Rohit Sharma for his fine bowling efforts in the IPL, wondering if his batting mainstay was fighting for the Purple Cap instead of chasing the Orange Cap for the highest run scorer. Rohit took a hat-trick against Mumbai on May 6 and followed it up with three wickets for just 12 runs in Deccan’s 53-run thumping of Rajasthan Royals on Monday and Gilchrist was all praise for the young Indian. Yeah, Rohit looks like fighting for the Purple Cap (for highest wicket taker) instead of Orange Cap. I was telling him like this after his hat-trick. He was fantastic today also and every team would have loved to have a player like him," Gilchrist said after the match against Rajasthan Royals. Gilchrist also praised West Indian Dwayne Smith, whose late charge of 32-ball 47 lifted Deccan to 166 for seven, and Sri Lankan Chaminda Vaas (2/19) for contributing to the win. "Dwayne (Smith) played beautifully to set up a difficult target (for Rajasthan) and then (Chaminda) Vaas put pressure right at the start of Rajasthan run chase on his first match," he said.