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

Recently, Ranveer Singh's resemblance to the former Indian cricket team captain Kapil Dev in the first look of his upcoming film '83, was all the netizens were talking about. While netizens were just getting over the uncanny resemblance between the two stars, an old picture of the cricketer has appeared on the internet. READ | IN PICTURES: Seagull Falls In Curry, Named Vinny After India's Vindaloo Curry The now-viral image shows Kapil Dev sporting a bright red t-shirt paired with zig-zag patterned pants. Actor Sharib Hashmi, who is best known for his role in Slumdog Millionaire took posted the picture on Twitter suggesting that it looks like he is playing Ranveer Singh in a biopic instead of it being the other way round. The post started a domino effect of jokes making the image go viral and netizens coming up with hilarious reactions. Within a short span of 20 hours the post collected over 16,500 likes and has more than 1600 Retweets. Take a look at the post: Kapil sir preparing for @RanveerOfficial ‘s biopic 🙈🙈 pic.twitter.com/pk93jb9Ow5 — Sharib Hashmi (@sharibhashmi) July 7, 2019 READ | Sacred Games 2: Netflix India Takes A Hilarious Dig At Themselves By Sharing This Epic 'Gaitonde' Meme! Take A Look Here's how netizens are reacting: Post effects of spending time with Ranveer.. he actually brings/adds colours to your life 😂 @asianpaints #Chamka — Bhartiya #अभिषेकत्रिपाठी🇮🇳 (@AbyshekTripathi) July 7, 2019 ये तो उल्टा पुल्टा हो गया 😁 — गरिमा🍃 (@Garima1907) July 7, 2019 Is he doing Ranveer Singh's biopic ? — Amit (@ScholarshipDeDo) July 7, 2019 So this is how Ranveer got role. 😝 Perfect casting — Apurva Khadye (@khadyeapurva) July 7, 2019 Kapil Dev: Till the day @RanveerOfficial is living life of me I will live his. — Sachin Not Out (@SachinM879) July 7, 2019 Interestingly the image of Kapil Dev was posted by cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle back in 2014, however, it went viral only recently. Take a look at the original post: bet you never saw kapil dev in these trousers! at the botham charity day pic.twitter.com/LbqjBVeNhR — Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 22, 2014 Scheduled to release in April 2020, '83 aims to tell the story of India's incredible 1983 cricket World Cup victory. Starring Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev, Deepika Padukone and Pankaj Tripathi this movie will show the journey from Kapil Dev's perspective and will also cover his life story making it a biopic of him.

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

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