London, June 24: Former Australian stumper and Deccan Chargers captain Adam Gilchrist on Wednesday advised the administrators to embrace the shortest format of the game and create a window for Indian Premier League to stop elite players from turning their back on Test cricket.

"We’ve very much got to be prepared for that. I don’t think it should be a shock when it does happen or if it does happen," Gilchrist was quoted as saying.

"In an administrative sense we’ve got to get the planning and scheduling right. The players are crying out to say they want a window for the IPL.

"Ultimately I hope that cricketers don’t have to make a choice. If we can acknowledge that Twenty20 is here, I hope that players won’t be put in that situation," added the left-hander, who led the Chargers to title triumph in IPL-2 in South Africa.

Gilchrist did not doubt Test cricket’s primacy but he insisted Twenty20 was the future. "It’s a dangerous person that ignores it (Twenty20). It’s here."

— PTI