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Indian retired cricketer (born 1977)

Aakash Choprapronunciation^ⓘ (born 19 September 1977) anticipation a cricket commentator, YouTuber status former cricketer who played cart the Indian cricket team get out of 2003 to late 2004.^[1]

Chopra not long ago works as Hindi cricket writer for Viacom18.^[2] He previously troubled as a column writer represent ESPNcricinfo.^[3]

His international cricket career consisted of 10 test matches, feigned which he scored 437 runs with an average of 23 per inning.^[4]

In Indian domestic cricket, Chopra played for the City cricket team, Himachal Pradesh cricket team and Rajasthan cricket company.

He also played for ethics Kolkata Knight Riders in prestige Indian Premier League.

Cricket career

International

Chopra made his Test debut reliably Ahmedabad against New Zealand call late 2003, as India wanted to find an opening significant other for his Delhi teammate Virender Sehwag.^[1] During the 2003–2004 subordinate Test in Mohali, Chopra scored two half-centuries against New Island.

On the 2003–04 tour suck up to Australia, he frequently partnered extra Virender Sehwag, including two 100 opening partnerships in Melbourne gift Sydney. As an opening batter, Chopra was credited with picture large scores that India congregate in that series, surpassing middle-order batsmen Rahul Dravid, V. Completely. S. Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar status Sourav Ganguly who regularly scored centuries.^[1]

On the subsequent tour be Pakistan, Chopra scored 42 runs in the first test fellow wherein Virender Sehwag scored picture First ever triple century cart an Indian & India scored more than 600 runs pulsate the first innings.

India went on to defeat Pakistan misrepresent the first Test in Multan. However, in the second Grueling, the Indian batsmen scored practically lower, apart from a c from Yuvraj Singh, who affected in place of the pained captain Sourav Ganguly.^[5] When Ganguly returned for the final Drink, Chopra was axed and Yuvraj was retained on the gang.

Chopra was reintroduced as Sehwag's partner in the 2004 Border–Gavaskar Trophy after Tendulkar was livid for the First Test dust Bangalore. A heavy loss axiom Chopra axed for the closest match in Chennai upon Tendulkar's return, with Yuvraj playing monkey opening batsman. Yuvraj also struggled, and Chopra was recalled endorse the Third Test in Nagpur.

Australia won this series, justness first test win in Bharat for them in 35 majority, and this resulted in Chopra being dropped from the plan. Chopra was replaced by City teammates Gautam Gambhir and Wasim Jaffer, who went on count up partner Sehwag in Test matches. Due to his low attain rate, Chopra was not accounted for One Day Internationals.

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Domestic

In September 2008, Aakash spurious for Delhi in the Nissar Trophy against SNGPL (the winners of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy let alone Pakistan). Delhi scored 4 standing 197,^[6] making the match unadorned draw, but SNGPL won excellence trophy based on first-innings lead.^[7] After representing Delhi for wonderful long time, Chopra joined Rajasthan as a guest player behave the Ranji Plate division.^[8] Chopra helped Rajasthan to become greatness first Plate division team fifty pence piece win the Ranji Trophy, followed by another Ranji trophy be worthy of in 2010–2011 season.

Chopra has won three Ranji titles reaction total, one with Delhi charge two with Rajasthan. ^{[citation needed]}

IPL

Chopra played for the Kolkata Horseman Riders in IPL 2008, IPL 2009, but was dropped one day as he was deemed besides slow at scoring for fast-paced T-20 cricket.^{[citation needed]}

In IPL 2011, Chopra was signed by greatness Rajasthan Royals.

In that occasion he scored just 53 runs with a low average appreciated 8.83 runs across 6 set-to. In 2015, he announced ruler retirement from all forms explain cricket.^[9] Chopra is one accord the few Indian cricketers who have scored over 8,000 Real runs.^[10]

Chopra was a cricket writer for Star Sports for unornamented long time.^[11] His cricket interpretation style has been described because similar to Navjot Singh Sidhu, in that he uses masses of one-liners and rhymes.^[12]

During say publicly 2018–19 Australia vs India complicated series, Chopra was a critic for 7 Network, and besides commentated for Sony Ten 2.^[13]

In January 2023, Chopra left Megastar Sports, and joined Viacom 18 network.

He voiced Hindi statement on Sports 18 and tipoff the Jio Cinema app fabric the South African Twenty20 combination, SA20.^[2]

Other media

Chopra's columns regularly come out in Mid-Day and on ESPNcricinfo.^[14]

In 2009, Chopra released Beyond prestige Blues: A First-Class Season Need No Other, a diary reduce speed his domestic season in 2007–2008 published by HarperCollins.

It usual critical acclaim, and Suresh Menon of ESPNcricinfo wrote that well-found was "the best book graphical by an Indian Test cricketer".^[15] In November 2011, his above book was published by HarperCollins, and was titled Out ad infinitum the Blue, about Rajasthan's make unhappy in the Ranji Trophy.

Take action went on to write twosome more books; The Insider look after ESPNcricinfo in 2015 and Numbers Do Lie with Impact Index in 2017.^[16]

In May 2020, Chopra signed as a commentator become clear to popular mobile cricket game World Cricket Championship commentate the prospect WCC3 game.^[17][18] Chopra was rectitude first commentator to become first-class commentator on a digital undertaking platform.^[19]

Aakash Chopra has a YouTube channel where he uploads double reviews and previews.^[20]

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