Published 17:24 IST, November 12th 2019

'83, Jersey & other films for which actors turned cricketers on screen

Upcoming movie '83 will see Ranveer Singh stepping into the shoes of a cricketer. There are several players who turned cricketers on screen. Read on to know.

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Cricket is one of widely accepted and loved sports in India. From getting glued to television for hours when Indian team is on field to cheering for our favourite players in stium, Indians have always shown ir utmost enthusiasm when it comes to cricket. One more thing is very famous in India and that is Bollywood. So combination of two rules hearts of a lot of Indian audience. Here is a list of actors who turned cricketers for ir movies.

Shahid Kapoor

Shahid Kapoor is preparing for his upcoming movie, Jersey. film is a Hindi aptation of a Telugu movie with same name. film will be directed by  Gowtam Tinnanuri. He has also directed Telugu version of movie. movie is slated to hit atres next year. Shahid Kapoor would be seen playing role of a cricketer, who is a Ranji player.

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Ranveer Singh

Ranveer Singh is all set to be into shoes of iconic cricketer of Indian cricket team, Kapil Dev in '83.  movie is based on Indian cricket team’s 1983 Cricket World Cup win held in England. movie is slated to hit atres on April 10, 2020.

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Sushant Singh Rajput

Sushant Singh Rajput gave one of his most amazing performances in movie M.S.Dhoni – Untold Story. He portrays  role of Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. actor with an utter dedication did justice to character and movie was a blockbuster hit.

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Emraan Hashmi

Emraan Hashmi was seen in role of  famed and successful captain of Indian cricket team, Mohamm Azharuddin. From success to facing a setback and fighting until proved incent or guilty, movie narrates  struggle and journey of cricketer. Emraan was appreciated by both critics and audience for his role as Azhar.

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Aamir Khan

Aamir Khan plays role of a villr Bhuvan in film who learns how to play cricket and accepts challenge given by Britishers. Aamir Khan along with or villrs plays terrifically well and wins game. movie was a superhit at box office.

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12:46 IST, November 12th 2019