Adam Gilchrist has said VVS Laxman is still in the scheme of things despite he was rested to give youngster T Suman a chance.

Deccan Chargers skipper Gilchrist clarified this despite the fact that an youngster T Suman replaced the Indian middle-order batsman in Thursday's encounter against the Delhi Daredevils.

Former Chargers captain Laxman has had an unimpressive outing with the bat so far and was replaced by

Suman, who scored 23 in the Indian Premier League match which they lost by six wickets.

"T Suman has been playing well in the nets, so we decided to give him an opportunity. It does not means that

VVS is out of contention. He is always there, but we also wanted to test some youngsters," said Gilchrist after

his team went down for the first time in the tournament.

The former Australian stumper felt they were 15-20 runs short in their match against the Daredevils.

"I think we started badly. Losing Gibbs and me in quick succession did us in. Although we recovered well, but I

think we fell short by 15-20 runs. Dwayne Smith batted well but he needed someone at the other end to keep

us going," he said.

Gilchrist said they were in the game till the partnership between Tillakaratne Dilshan and Dinesh Karthik put it

beyond them.

"I think the partnership between Dilshan and Karthik changed the momentum. The match to an extent was in

our control after we made early inroads, but we somehow failed to stop them. There are times when you plan

well but cannot execute them. I think it was one those days," said Gilchrist.