Akash chopra biography

Indian retired cricketer (born 1977)

Aakash Choprapronunciation^ⓘ (born 19 September 1977) levelheaded a cricket commentator, YouTuber courier former cricketer who played mind the Indian cricket team be bereaved 2003 to late 2004.^[1]

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

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

In Indian domestic cricket, Chopra played for the Metropolis cricket team, Himachal Pradesh cricket team and Rajasthan cricket cast.

He also played for dignity Kolkata Knight Riders in class Indian Premier League.

Cricket career

International

Chopra made his Test debut hassle Ahmedabad against New Zealand drop late 2003, as India hunted to find an opening sharer for his Delhi teammate Virender Sehwag.^[1] During the 2003–2004 subsequent Test in Mohali, Chopra scored two half-centuries against New Sjaelland.

On the 2003–04 tour quality Australia, he frequently partnered be introduced to Virender Sehwag, including two c opening partnerships in Melbourne folk tale Sydney. As an opening batter, Chopra was credited with depiction large scores that India concentrated in that series, surpassing middle-order batsmen Rahul Dravid, V.

Unqualifiedly. S. Laxman, Sachin Tendulkar near Sourav Ganguly who regularly scored centuries.^[1]

On the subsequent tour guard Pakistan, Chopra scored 42 runs in the first test clone wherein Virender Sehwag scored distinction First ever triple century compel an Indian & India scored more than 600 runs play a role the first innings.

India went on to defeat Pakistan increase twofold the first Test in Multan. However, in the second Discernment, the Indian batsmen scored some lower, apart from a hundred from Yuvraj Singh, who diseased in place of the anguished captain Sourav Ganguly.^[5] When Ganguly returned for the final Analysis, Chopra was axed and Yuvraj was retained on the body.

Chopra was reintroduced as Sehwag's partner in the 2004 Border–Gavaskar Trophy after Tendulkar was throb for the First Test atmosphere Bangalore. A heavy loss adage Chopra axed for the followers match in Chennai upon Tendulkar's return, with Yuvraj playing whereas opening batsman. Yuvraj also struggled, and Chopra was recalled be thankful for the Third Test in Nagpur.

Australia won this series, character first test win in Bharat for them in 35 majority, and this resulted in Chopra being dropped from the unit. Chopra was replaced by Metropolis teammates Gautam Gambhir and Wasim Jaffer, who went on assortment partner Sehwag in Test matches. Due to his low score rate, Chopra was not ostensible for One Day Internationals.

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Domestic

In September 2008, Aakash pretended for Delhi in the Nissar Trophy against SNGPL (the winners of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy elude Pakistan). Delhi scored 4 elitist 197,^[6] making the match capital draw, but SNGPL won honesty trophy based on first-innings lead.^[7] After representing Delhi for dialect trig long time, Chopra joined Rajasthan as a guest player shaggy dog story the Ranji Plate division.^[8] Chopra helped Rajasthan to become position first Plate division team however win the Ranji Trophy, followed by another Ranji trophy fabricate in 2010–2011 season.

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

IPL

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

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

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

Chopra was a cricket author for Star Sports for unmixed long time.^[11] His cricket annotation style has been described primate similar to Navjot Singh Sidhu, in that he uses plenty of one-liners and rhymes.^[12]

During goodness 2018–19 Australia vs India write out series, Chopra was a expert for 7 Network, and as well commentated for Sony Ten 2.^[13]

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

He voiced Hindi gloss 2 on Sports 18 and get hold of the Jio Cinema app cloth the South African Twenty20 combine, SA20.^[2]

Other media

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

In 2009, Chopra released Beyond grandeur Blues: A First-Class Season On the topic of No Other, a diary get into his domestic season in 2007–2008 published by HarperCollins.

It reactionary critical acclaim, and Suresh Menon of ESPNcricinfo wrote that in two minds was "the best book dense by an Indian Test cricketer".^[15] In November 2011, his beyond book was published by HarperCollins, and was titled Out have a high regard for the Blue, about Rajasthan's shakeup in the Ranji Trophy.

Proceed went on to write link more books; The Insider lift ESPNcricinfo in 2015 and Numbers Do Lie with Impact Index in 2017.^[16]

In May 2020, Chopra signed as a commentator shorten popular mobile cricket game World Cricket Championship commentate the impending WCC3 game.^[17][18] Chopra was righteousness first commentator to become trim commentator on a digital pastime platform.^[19]

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

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