News Makers of 2003

---Abhijit Kale---
Year 2003 was both good and bad for Abhijit Kale. The Maharashtra middle-order bat got his first India cap against Bangladesh in the TVS Cup in April. Nobody noticed. But six months later, he was a household name. According to two selectors, Kiran More and Pranab Roy, he attempted to bribe them for a place in the India A team (which was subsequently changed to India Sr. team). The amount we are talking about is 20 lakhs. How did Kale, who hails from a middle-class family, arrange the money? Are the selectors telling the truth? Nobody knows.