Man are you from Maharashtra? The filthy looking politics played by the selectors to get Kale ahead of Akash Chopra...comapre the numbers...a century by Kale against the third rated Ranji sides is better thana half century against West Indies in the bouncy pitches.
He has given a chance because Sachin, Rahul are abscent for coming series. So now its his duty to support Saurav and try hard to prove himself on international level. So best of luck.....
I think Kale is an excellent batsman. Hopefully he will do well and do justice to his talent. There is one piece of incorrect information in this article. The article says he is averaging 55.80 after 83 matches. He is in fact averaging 58.81 after 83 matches. I think he deserved a break a long time back, but better late than never.
Oh man..we have heard of many fellas like this...all top scores on the indian pitches and when across the seas, the person doesn't have a clue as to where the ball is. Remember that comic, Debang Gandhi..? He hit centuries against NZ when they were here, but in Australia he was such an insult to the Indian cricket. We have had several players like him..
Therefore, it would be wise for the media to reserve judgement on players till they actuall perform overseas and not go ga-ga on some stupid statistics. You create the hype and with the same force let the person down when he fails.
