On being asked if he initially auditioned for Amarnath's role, or was he considered for another role, he said, "'I remember when the film was announced, I thought to myself, 'okay, they're making a film on the '83' World Cup, who's (playing) Jimmy Amarnath?' He was the Man of the Match in the semis and finals, and he's the vice-captain of the team, and I felt like that's a role that will be very interesting. So I reached out to Kabir (Khan) sir, asking him if I can test for the role. He liked the test and he wanted to see my cricketing skill, I played and showed him, and that was that. This was the only role I wanted to play in the film. Everybody's a legend, don't get me wrong, but I knew for a fact, without reading the script, that Mohinder Amarnath will be an important role to play in the film''.