Ranveer to meet 1983 cricket team

Actor Ranveer Singh, who will play Kapil Dev in a movie about the 1983 cricket World Cup, met the team that won the trophy that year. The former India captain was part of the meeting yesterday too.

In 1983, India won its first cricket World Cup against the West Indies. Dev served as the captain of the Indian cricket team then.

The film is being directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Phantom Films.

“It’s a great feeling to start work on this incredible story of the Indian cricket team of 1983. We are feeling very blessed that we are starting this journey along with the heroes of 1983. We are thankful to all the players for taking out time from their schedules and joining us for this event,” Madhu Mantena, co-founder of Phantom Films, said in a statement.

Apart from Singh, no other cast members have been announced so far.