This old picture of Kapil Dev going viral has a Ranveer Singh connection. Read here

Recently, Ranveer Singh's resemblance to former Indian cricket team captain Kapil Dev in first look of his upcoming film  '83, was all netizens were talking about. While netizens were just getting over uncanny resemblance between two stars, an old picture of cricketer has appeared on internet. 

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w-viral im shows Kapil Dev sporting a bright red t-shirt paired with zig-zag patterned pants. Actor Sharib Hashmi, who is best kwn for his role in Slumdog Millionaire took posted picture on Twitter suggesting that it looks like he is playing Ranveer Singh in a biopic inste of it being or way round.

post started a domi effect of jokes making im go viral and netizens coming up with hilarious reactions. Within a short span of 20 hours post collected over 16,500 likes and has more than 1600 Retweets. Take a look at post:

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Here's how netizens are reacting: 

Interestingly  im of Kapil Dev was posted by cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle back in 2014, however, it went viral only recently.

Take a look at original post: 

Scheduled to release in April 2020, '83 aims to tell  story of India's incredible 1983 cricket World Cup victory. Starring Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev, Deepika Pukone and Pankaj Tripathi this movie will show journey from Kapil Dev's perspective and will also cover his life story making it a biopic of him.