Date-stamped : 07 Feb94 - 18:23
Sri Lanka v India, 9-14 Feb 94, Ahmedabad, Prematch Report
 
Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev heads  for  the  Motera  Stadium  on
Tuesday  knowing  he  is  just  one  wicket  away from a new Test
record.  A huge crowd is guaranteed as the 35 year  old bids   to
move  ahead  of  New Zealander Sir Richard Hadlee by claiming his
432nd victim.  "I am eagerly looking forward to getting that  one
wicket and I hope it comes sooner rather than later," he comment-
ed.  India have won their last eight home Tests and look  certain
to field an unchanged team. The teams for Tuesday's match are:

INDIA             SRI LANKA
(probable)        (from)
M Prabhakar       R Mahanama
N Sidhu           D Samaraweera
V Kambli          H Tillekeratne
S Tendulkar       A de Silva
M Azharuddin (c)  A Ranatunga (c)
S Manjrekar       S Jayasuriya
Kapil Dev         P Dassanayake
N Mongia          R Kalpage
A Kumble          P Wickremasinghe
R Chauhan         D Anurasiri
V Raju            M Muralidharan
                  A Gunawardhane
                  R Pushpakumara
                  C Vas
                  M Attapattu

<END> Contributed by goo-chie (jdw5@*.ukc.ac.uk)