Angad Bedi has joined the star cast of Sonam Kapoor and Dulquer Salmaan’s The Zoya Factor. Angad has been roped in to play the role of former captain of the Indian cricket team whom Dulquer replaces in the course of the film. The film is an adaptation of Anuja Chauhan’s novel of the same name.

Angad was recently seen in the sports biopic Soorma featuring Diljit Dosanjh and Taapsee Pannu, and he will start prepping for his role from August. The actor who has played cricket at the state level is an ideal choice to play the role and will also be taking tips from his legendary father former cricketer Bishen Singh Bedi. Angad has also portrayed the role of a cricketer in Amazon’s web series Inside Edge.

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The Zoya Factor is directed by Abhishek Sharma and is a romantic comedy which has cricket at its background. Speaking about the film, Abhishek had previously said, “The book has many layers, characters and tracks. Sonam is our Zoya Singh Solanki, an advertising agency executive. She was the first person that came to my mind as she's as bubbly as Zoya. Dulquer will play Nikhil Khoda, the captain of the Indian Cricket Team in the film. It's always great to work with Adlabs Films."

Sonam and Dulquer had announced their association with the film earlier this year. The Zoya Factor is the second film of southern heartthrob Dulquer who is making his debut with Karwaan opposite Mithila Palkar and Irrfan. Meanwhile, Sonam is riding high on the success of her last film Veere Di Wedding and has another film up for release titled EK Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga in which she shares screen space with her father Anil Kapoor for the first time. Rajkummar Rao and Juhi Chawla also star in the film.