In a previous interview with this reporter, Balvinder Singh Sandhu had heaped praise on Nishant Dahiya - the newest addition to Ranveer Singh's world cup drama, '83 - alluding that among a lot of actors who couldn't replicate the mannerisms of Roger Binney, Dahiya was a saviour.

"He did it in 15 days. I was so proud of him," Sandhu had said. As far as Dahiya is concerned, he knew the ace cricketer, currently coaching the actors for Kabir Khan's film, was impressed from the word go. "I bowled the first ball, and Ballu sir said, 'Great, you're on board'," he recalls. But, mimicking fast bowler Binny, he realised after hopping aboard the project, was no mean feat.