Melbourne, Mar 1 The lucrative Indian Premier League could repair the bad blood between the Indian and Australian cricket teams, retiring wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist said today.

Gilchrist, who will call it a day after the tri-series finals against India starting tomorrow, conceded the season had "got out of hand" and was "exhausting," partly due to the off-field spats between the teams.

"I think the situation this summer has got out of hand somewhat," he said.

"Hopefully, over the next week we'll see some great cricket, the series will finish and we'll all just move on and forget the almost tit-for-tat reactions that have been going on." But he hoped relationships between international players could be restored by the cultural mix of the IPL.

"That's where I see something like the IPL's going to be ground-breaking territory," Gilchrist was quoted as saying by 'The Daily Telegraph'.

"That's going to be an opportunity for players around the world to get to meet, know and understand opposition cultures and customs. I think that's going to be a very positive offshoot of IPL. Any world XI team I've ever played in there's always been a great camaraderie in the rooms," he felt.

Gilchrist said players had a responsibility to adhere to professional standards.

"I don't think the players can totally complain too much though because it's a professional world and we're the beneficiaries of that professionalism. (Agencies)