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When Cricket Met Bollywood

By Rediff Cricket
December 22, 2021

Bollywood star Ranveer Singh, who plays Kapil Dev in Kabir Khan's '83, based on India's triumphant campaign to win the 1983 World Cup, and members of that history-making team teamed up to promote '83.

Please click on the images for glimpses of the cricket legends.

IMAGE: Kapil Dev looks ecstatic at the event.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Sunil Gavaskar, the first batter to score 10,000 Test runs and inarguably the finest opener of his time, with Ranveer Singh.
Photograph: PTI Photo

 

IMAGE: Syed Kirmani, left, and Sandeep Patil, members of the 1983 World Cup-winning side.
Photograph: PTI Photo

 

IMAGE: Ranveer autographs a bat at the event.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Ranveer and the actors, who played members of the 1983-winning team, pose for a picture at the event.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Members of the 1983 World Cup-winning team: Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohinder Amarnath, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Roger Binny, Sandeep Patil and Kirti Azad arrive at the event.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Sandeep Patil, left, with his actor son Chirag Patil who plays his dad in '83.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Kirmani autographs a bat at the event.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

IMAGE: Kirmani tries kulhad tea.
Photograph: ANI Photo

 

Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian and Anant Salvi/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com

 

 
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