83: Ranveer Singh poses with God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar in London, see pics

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Actor Ranveer Singh, who is in London to shoot for the upcoming movie 83, met cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and called him the "God of cricket". Ranveer, who is fondly referred to as the Bollywood livewire, on Sunday night treated his fans to a string of photographs featuring him and Tendulkar.

"God of cricket! Sachin Tendulkar @83thefilm @kabirkhankk #83squad," Ranveer captioned one image.

The actor, who will be seen playing the role of former cricketer Kapil Dev in the Kabir Khan directorial, had also shared photographs of himself along with Vivian Richards, Shane Warne and Sunil Gavaskar. 

"83" will trace India's historic victory at the 1983 cricket World Cup. It also stars Saqib Saleem, Harddy Sandhu, Ammy Virk, Pankaj Tripathi and Tahir Raj Bhasin, among others.

The film, '83' is based on the ace cricketer Kapil Dev who is credited with India's World Cup victory in 1983. He also served as Indian team's coach from 1999 to 2000. 

Apart from Ranveer, Saqib Saleem, Addinath M Kothare, Chirag Patil, Harrdy Sandhu, Ammy Virk, Jatin Sarna, Sahil Khattar, R Badree, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Dinker Sharma, Dhairya Karwa and Nishnat Dahhiya will be seen as the 'men in blue' in the film. 

Music composer Pritam Chakraborty has been roped in for composing music of the film and this is the first time that the composer will be composing music for Ranveer's film. 

Helmed by Kabir Khan, the movie is slated to hit the theatres on April 10, 2020. 

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