Kapil Dev Praises Ranveer Singh For Acing His Iconic ‘Natraj Shot’

Bollywood’s method-actor Ranveer Singh has been spending a lot of time on the fields, trying to slip into the shoes of ace cricketer Kapil Dev for his upcoming movie, ’83. Singh who has been learning the basics of cricket from the maestro himself was earlier snapped on the ground engrossed in a conversation with Dev.

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Becoming the Hurricane 🌪 #KapilDev #Legend #JourneyBegins @83thefilm @kabirkhankk 🏏

A post shared by Ranveer Singh (@ranveersingh) on Apr 5, 2019 at 6:34pm PDT

Looks like Singh is all set to play ‘The Haryana Hurricane’. He recently shared a picture of him acing Dev’s iconic ‘Natraj Shot’. The actor recreated the iconic shot, looking into the distance after hitting the ball out of the stadium, reports NDTV.

NATRAJ SHOT 🏏 #RanveerAsKapil 🇮🇳 @therealkapildev @kabirkhankk @deepikapadukone @Shibasishsarkar @madmantena #SajidNadiadwala @vishinduri @RelianceEnt @FuhSePhantom @NGEMovies @vibri_media @ZeeMusicCompany pic.twitter.com/RQDlyOKtas

— Ranveer Singh (@RanveerOfficial) November 11, 2019

Director Kabir Khan also shared the snap of Singh’s rendition of the iconic shot that ‘India never saw’.

He captioned the picture:

“The match that was never televised… a world record innings that India never saw… this April the world will see how history was made on that cold windy day in Tunbridge Wells… #RanveerAsKapil.”

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The match that was never televised… a world record innings that India never saw… this April the world will see how history was made on that cold windy day in Tunbridge Wells… #RanveerAsKapil @ranveersingh @therealkapildev @deepikapadukone @sarkarshibasish @mantenamadhu #SajidNadiadwala @vishnuinduri @reliance.entertainment @fuhsephantom @nadiadwalagrandson @vibrimedia @zeemusiccompany @pvrpictures @83thefilm

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The veteran cricketer, Dev was delighted to see Singh nailing the pose. He retweeted his picture and wrote: “Hats off Ranveer”.

Hats off Ranveer! https://t.co/bAH7pyBtE7

— Kapil Dev (@therealkapildev) November 11, 2019

People on the internet were also stumped by Singh’s level of accuracy and were all praise for the actor.

Brilliant. Now for that iconic bowling action!

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) November 11, 2019

Slowly and surely @RanveerOfficial has turned into a genius of an actor. pic.twitter.com/zDdxonDHe6

— kunal kohli (@kunalkohli) November 11, 2019

Damn that is incredible. Got the look down proper.

— Dev Bhatia (@devbhatia) November 11, 2019

Absolutely Brilliant. Kapil Paaji has a lovely explaination of this shot hope he told you that 🙂

— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye) November 11, 2019

That’s brilliant, Ranveer. This looks like the innings of 175 played at Tunbridge Wells v Zimbabwe.
Waiting to see the iconic bowling action now.
And obviously Richards’ catch at Lord’s 😊

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) November 11, 2019

Outstanding 👏👏👏

— Rahul Dev (@RahulDevRising) November 11, 2019

Just too brilliant!! Nailed it… 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 #RanveerAsKapil

— Sneha Rajani (@SnehaRajani) November 11, 2019

Perfectionist🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/B8GWVJNa9T

— Bob-The Ranveerian (@yd_bob) November 11, 2019

#NatrajShot #KapilDev pic.twitter.com/3HSU3F8m1z

— नितेश कौशल (@KaushalNitesh) November 11, 2019

https://twitter.com/RowdyRahul20/status/1193740813655609345

What a Transformer Man!🔥
Ranveer is Totally in the Shoes of Master Winning Captain of Team 83'..❤

I Love You Ranveer Sir,You ar 🔥!#ThisIs83 #RanveerSingh #KapilDev @RelianceEnt @NGEMovies @kabirkhankk pic.twitter.com/VpzADaa47n

— 🍀Gardener Adi🍀 (@KapilsAdi) November 11, 2019

Killin it King! 👑 pic.twitter.com/lp5iLPgsnZ

— maya (@mayadevi_1905) November 11, 2019

https://twitter.com/SurgiFacts/status/1193743139854585856

Just think about the energy in the cinema halls when people will witness Ranveer Singh’s rendition of the iconic shot. We just can’t wait for the movie to hit the theatres on 10th April 2020.