Twitterati goes gaga over cricket legend Kapil Dev’s new look

Sir Vivian Richards called him ‘Thanos’ lookalike

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Staying at home, it looks like, has given everyone inspiration to change up their looks a bit. After batting legend Sachin Tendulkar gave himself a trim at home and Virat Kohli initiated the #TrimAtHome challenge by posting a video of trimming his beard, former India captain has posted an image of himself with a shaved head and a full beard.

The images of the cricketer were shared by his friend and former teammate Chetan Sharma.

In the image, Kapil Dev was wearing a black suit. “Legendary Kapil Dev's New Look. Wow.loved it, Great to see paji in different look. Fantastic” Chetan Sharma wrote on Twitter.

 Kapil Dev was known for his mop of curls during his playing days and for the longest time has sported only a trim moustache.

 Another cricketing legend, Sachin Tendulkar on Monday posted an image of him trimming his hair and captioned it, “From playing square cuts to doing my own hair cuts, have always enjoyed doing different things. How's my new hairdo.” Tendulkar captioned known hairstylists Hakim Aalim and Nandan V Naik asking them what they thought of his new look.

As for Kapil Dev’s new look, some Twitterati commented, “Palmolive ka jawab nahi,” in reference to a shaving cream endorsed by the cricketer.

Former West Indies cricketer Vivian Richards called him ‘Thanos’ lookalike, while, a few other fans said the new look reminded them of another yesteryear cricketer, Syed Kirmani

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