Pitch: 33 - A hard baked track which should produce plenty of runs throughout the first four days. By the fifth, however, there is the chance that the surface will begin to break up and if this happens the bowlers will have a real chance for the first time in the match.
Weather: 2 - Hot and sunny
Day 1 starting Pitch: 2 - Good batting wicket
India Masters XI:
R.Lamba
Arun Lal
A.Malhotra
S.M.Patil RM
Yashpal Sharma
Kapil Dev (c) RFM
R.M.H.Binny RM
S.M.H.Kirmani (wk)
Chetan Sharma RFM
Arshad Ayub OB
Maninder Singh SLA
West Indies A XI:
P.A.Wallace
S.C.Williams
S.L.Campbell
D.A.Joseph (c)
D.R.E.Joseph
R.D.Jacobs (wk)
N.O.Perry OB
V.C.Drakes RF
H.Bryan RFM
O.D.Gibson RF
R.Dhanraj LBG
The India Masters XI mainly features older former Test players still on the domestic circuit in 1991/2, but no longer in contention for the national team due to retirement or otherwise.
They are lead by great allrounder Kapil Dev, very much still a Test player, and sure to feature in the World Cup and other matches this season.
It his presence and the drawing power of some of the other players that ensure Eden Gardens will be packed, despite it only being a 3 day warmup game.
West Indies A have their last chance at practice before the Unofficial Test series v India A begins, naming 5 bowlers in an experiment probably not to feature in the more important games unless there are injuries.
Great allrounder Kapil Dev leads an ageing Masters XI against West Indies A in Calcutta
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