Ranveer will play the character of former Indian cricket team captain and World Cup winning skipper Kapil Dev.
Director Kabir Khan will make a movie on 1983 World Cup victory.
Film critic Taran Adarsh tweeted: "#BreakingNews: Ranveer Singh will turn cricketer #KapilDev in Kabir Khan's sports-based film... #1983 #WorldCup."
Ranveer is currently busy with upcoming Bollywood movie Padmavati.
Kabir Khan had last directed Salman Khan's 2017 release Tubelight.
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