Filmmaker Kabir Khan is extremely saddened after learning about the sudden demise of former India cricketer Yashpal Sharma.
Taking to Instagram, Kabir recalled working with late Yashpal Sharma on his upcoming film '83', which is based on India's iconic win in the 1983 Cricket World Cup. "Thank you Yashpal sir for your guidance, advice and love. You left too soon sir. We all miss you," he wrote.
Along with it, Kabir shared a few pictures of Yashpal Sharma giving cricket training to actor Jatin Sarna, who will be seen essaying the role of the late former cricketer in '83'. '83' lead actor Ranveer Singh dropped a string of broken red heart emojis on Kabir's post.
Earlier, Ranveer Singh too took to social media to express offer condolences. Sharing a black and white picture Ranveer Singh added a broken heart emoji to mourn Yashpal Sharna’s death.
Yashpal Sharma passed away due to cardiac arrest on Tuesday morning. He was 66. Sharma suffered a heart attack after returning from morning walk and collapsed at around 7.30 am.
The right-handed batsman, who was the backbone of India's middle-order in the 1983 World Cup, played 37 Test matches scoring 1606 runs and 42 ODIs scoring 883 runs. He also played 160 first-class matches, representing Punjab, Haryana and Railways, and scored 8933 runs.
But he was best remembered at international level for his performances in India's first World Cup win, in 1983. He aggregated 240 runs at an average of 34.28 to return as the second highest-scorer for India behind skipper Kapil Dev in the tournament.