Kapil Dev: The background behind his iconic, innovative 'Natraj Shot'

With of slam-bang cricket and emergence of T20s, many invative shots such as 'Helicopter Shot' have seen batsmen score more runs in shortest format of game. Similarly, once upon a time, one such shot was invented named ‘Natraj Shot’ by 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev, when ODI cricket was picking up and only Test cricket was rm. shot was largely responsible in creating Dev's aura, that last even today, after many years of his retirement.

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Dev h played iconic 'Natraj Shot' first at Nevill Ground at Tunbridge Wells in England where World Cup-winning skipper h scored a mammoth and tournament-changing innings of 175 against Zimbabwe in ir round-robin match. That match still remains one of most memorable matches in India's cricketing history. On Monday, Hindi film actor Ranveer Singh shared a photo from his upcoming film '83 on Twitter. actor is playing role of Dev, who is looking at ball after playing famous Natraj shot.

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Ranveer seems to have played his part to perfection and credit also has to go to makeup artists, who have mand to create a look (moustache, hair and so on) that has me resemblance uncanny. Ranveer Singh wrote, “NATRAJ SHOT. #RanveerAsKapil @realkapildev @kabirkhankk @deepikapukone @Shibasishsarkar @mmantena #SajidNiwala @vishinduri @RelianceEnt @FuhSePhantom @NGEMovies @vibri_media @ZeeMusicCompany.”

Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev

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'83, which is directed by Kabir Khan is about Indian cricket team that brought Cricket World Cup home in 1983, ending dominating era of  West Indies. Apart from Ranveer as Kapil Dev, 83 stars Saqib Saleem as Mohinder Amarnath, Tahir Raj Bhasin as Sunil Gavaskar, Ammy Virk as Balwinder Sandhu, inath Kothare as Dilip Vengsarkar, Sahil Khattar as Syed Kirmani, Chirag Patil as Sandeep Patil, Dhairya Karwa as Ravi Shastri, Dinker Sharma as Kirti Az, Jatin Sarna as Yashpal Sharma, Harrdy Sandhu as Man Lal, Nishant Dahhiya as Roger Binny, R Bree as Sunil Valson and Pankaj Tripathi as ir coach PR. Man Singh.

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