Aussie cricket legend Adam Gilchrist announces his big new career move - and it's got nothing to do with sport

Aussie cricket icon Adam Gilchrist has a new job with the Centre for Australia-India Relations as an advisory board member.

Gilchrist, 52, currently juggles roles as a cricket commentator, a global brand ambassador for the University of Wollongong and as a World Vision goodwill ambassador.

The Centre for Australia-India Relations is a national platform established by the Aussie Government to support and facilitate greater collaboration and engagement with India.

The organisation works across all levels of government, industry, academia and civil society to build greater understanding of the Australia-India relationship and the opportunities that come from those connections.

The swashbuckling wicketkeeper played a pivotal role in cricket being featured at the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028 by delivering an impassioned speech at Lord's 15 years ago.

'The Olympics is the absolute pinnacle of sport … unlike basketball and baseball, our best cricketers would definitely participate in every Olympic Games that featured cricket,' Gilchrist said in his 2009 speech.

'The chance to stand on top of the Olympic podium, to wear an Olympic gold medal and the pride of belting out your national anthem would be a life-changing, money-can't buy experience.'

More recently, the Aussie legend has been scathing of the direction of cricket and has criticised the ICC for the hectic schedule players now have.

'We've got a T20 series just four days after a World Cup. That's just greed and filling the coffers, that's really all that is,' he told SEN in November.

Gilchrist believes all three formats can exist together if they aren't played as much. 

'I think there's enough room for the three formats of the game — just don't play too much of any of them,' he said.

'I'm comfortable in the 50-over format, but it seems inevitable it will only be at World Cups and Champions Trophies.'

Gilchrist has also been a strong supporter of David Warner over recent months - and backed him to open in the World Cup side alongside Travis Head.

'You don't take [Warner] if you're not going to start with him and open with him,' Gilchrist told AAP before the tournament.

'He well and truly warrants being picked in that World Cup squad and the starting XI. He's a World Cup winner.

'I think his knowledge and experience in India will be vitally important to the Aussies doing well.'