February 8, 1994.
Hashan Tillakaratne could only manage an inside edge to the short of good length delivery. It popped tamely into the hands of Sanjay Manjrekar at forward short-leg.
The 35-year-old Kapil Dev stood with his hands raised, celebrating the wicket that had just taken him to the top of the Test world, past Richard Hadlee's 431 ... and there was a minute of standing ovation from the Ahmedabad crowd.
On national television, the live telecast was halted and the legend was hailed with a pre-recorded song, with clippings of his years at the highest level playing in the background.
The lines went : "He is a winner, he is a champ; One Day or Test he is the best."
The second line was in Hindi: "Haqueeqat hai yeh, khwab nahin; Kapil Dev da jawab nahin"
Roughly translated, it means: It is not a dream, but quite real. Kapil Dev has no equal.
The song has been submerged in the noise of passing time, but the advertisement from which the last bit was borrowed remains fresh in our minds.
It was during the early days of Kapil when his incredible, never-seen-before feats had captured the imagination of the nation. Palmolive had capitalised on his growing star-power and rather formidable facial hair. The ad hinted, literally, that the greatness of Kapil Dev as a cricketer was matched by the coarseness of his beard. And that is why he used Palmolive shaving cream. On screen, after having lathered his chin and after having used his razor swiftly, the young all-rounder would break into a smile and say in his endearingly rustic tone, "Palmolive da jawab nahin."
The line became almost as famous as his cricketing deeds.
The commercial would end with Kapil running in to bowl, the ball knocking three stumps off the ground in physics defying manner, and the sticks morphing into three packets of Palmolive Shaving Cream.
But for the magnificent moustache, perhaps the "clean bowled, clean shaven" theme could also have been used.
Kapil Dev held the record for six years, before Courtney Walsh went past him in March, 2000.