All eyes will be on veteran Leander Paes, who is on the cusp of a historic world record in perhaps his last appearance in Davis Cup, as India clash with relatively weaker New Zealand in the Asia/Oceania Group I tie, in Pune beginning tomorrow. The 18-time Grand Slam champion, is all set to take part in his 55th Davis Cup tie. A win on Saturday will make him the most successful doubles player ever in Davis Cup history. Paes, however, will have to team up with last-minute inclusion and his London Olympics doubles partner Vishnu Vardhan, after original choice Saketh Myneni failed to recover from a foot injury sustained during last month's Chennai Open. Paes and national hard court champion Vardhan will clash with the Kiwi pair of Artem Sitak and Michael Venus on day two of the tie. Vardhan was given a call-up after three people spoke to India's top doubles player Rohan Bopanna, team's Non Playing captain Anand Amritraj said at the media conference after the draw. Yuki Bhambri, ranked 368, will open India's campaign against New Zealand's number one player Finn Tearney, ranked 414, while Ramkumar Ramanathan ranked 206 will take on Jose Statham ranked 417 in the second singles. On paper, due to higher rankings and the advantage of playing at home, India appear to hold a clear edge over the Kiwis against whom they have a 5-3 win-loss record, with all the defeats occurring in the 1970s. India have not lost to New Zealand since 1978 when the Kiwis, then spearheaded by Onny Parun, had beaten them 4-1 in New Delhi in the Eastern Zone semi final.