Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Gilchrist ya kai hari batting wani muhimmin bangare ne na nasarar Australia ta kwana daya, kamar yadda ya saba bude batting. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na nasarar 1999, 2003 da 2007 Cricket World Cup
yakin neman zabe. Matsakaicin batting na Gilchrist a cikin sama 40s yana da ban mamaki ga mai tsaron raga. Ya yi ritaya daga wasan cricket na gwaji a 45th a jerin jerin mafi yawan batting averages. A ƙarshen aikinsa na gwaji ya kafa gwajin bugun jini na 82 gudu a kowace kwallaye ɗari, a lokacin na uku mafi girma tun lokacin da aka rubuta kwallaye a cikakke. Haɗuwa da kai hari da daidaito ya haifar da ɗayan mafi yawan 'yan wasan cricket na duniya, suna wasa da harbi a duk yankuna na filin tare da lokacin da ba a saba ba. Ya kasance na biyu a jerin duk lokacin da aka fi yawan shida a cikin Tests a 100 tare da Brendon McCullum kawai a gabansa da 107. Wasu lokuta ana tambayar kwarewar Gilchrist a matsayin mai tsaron raga; wasu sun yi iƙirarin cewa shi ne mafi kyawun mai tsaron raga a Ostiraliya yayin da wasu suka ce mai tsaron raga na Victoria Darren Berry shine mafi kyawun mai tsaron raga na Ostiraliya na shekarun 1990 da farkon 2000s. Gilchrist ya danganta fasahar buga kwallo daga horo na farko tare da mahaifinsa, inda zai kare harbe-harbe, wani lokacin kawai yana riƙe da bat ɗin da hannunsa na sama (na dama), kuma zai ƙare zaman don kawai ya buga harbin kai hari da ƙwallon tennis don ƙare a kan tabbatacce da kuma fun bayanin kula. Ya kuma yi amfani da madaidaiciyar madaidaiciyar madaidaiciya inda hannaye biyu suke kusa da ƙarshen makullin don ƙarin iko na sama.