Saqib Saleem to play Mohinder ‘Jimmy’ Amarnath in '83

margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;background:whitemargin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;background:whiteSaqib Saleem is probably on cloud nine and he has a strong reason to feel so. Back in 2016, he had played a character loosely based on Indian skipper Virat Kohli in Dishoom. If rumours are anything to go by, he has now been cast to play Mohinder Amarnath in Kabir Khan’s ’83. The film that revolves around India’s first ever cricket world cup win has Ranveer Singh playing Kapil Dev. margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;background:whiteThe actor has already begun to train under Coach Balvinder Singh Sandhu who has coached some of the best cricket teams in India. Special attention is being paid to Saqib’s training. Jimmy, a name Mohinder Amarnath was fondly addressed with, is considered to be a metaphor for the spirit and commitment of India’s 1983 cricket team that created history. Amarnath had performed well throughout the series, especially in the final and the semi-final for which he had even received the Man-of-the-Match award. We reached out to Kabir Khan and producer Vishnu Vardhan Induri for their inputs but we didn’t receive a response till the story went live.