In a cricket-obsessed country like India, cricketers enjoy unmatched limelight and fanfare that are second to none. Owing to their cricketing success, these superstars also serve as role models for youth and ambassadors for leading brands who rope them in to connect with fans for promoting their products.

While everyone wants to be famous cricketers like them, only a handful eventually manage to realise their potential and play for the country. But then, there are those who, despite lacking the cricketing skills, still manage to achieve their own sense of fame owing to their uncanny similarities with the cricketers.

Over the years, cricketers have seen their numerous doppelgangers who have not only captured the imagination of fans, but have also cashed in on their fame on the back of their resemblance to the players. 

For the last three decades, Balvir Chand has built his life around his resemblance to the great Sachin Tendulkar.

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