Nikhil Chopra

Nikhil Chopra
Personal information
Born 26 December 1973 (1973-12-26) (age 44)
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Batting Right-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm offbreak
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 227) 2 March 2000 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 116) 28 May 1998 v Kenya
Last ODI 1 June 2000 v Sri Lanka
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODIs
Matches 1 39
Runs scored 7 310
Batting average 3.50 15.50
100s/50s -/- -/1
Top score 4 61
Balls bowled 144 1835
Wickets – 46
Bowling average – 27.95
5 wickets in innings – 1
10 wickets in match – n/a
Best bowling – 5/21
Catches/stumpings -/- 16/-
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 2 December 2017

Nikhil Chopra  pronunciation  (born 19 August 1973) is a retired Indian cricketer and a cricket analyst. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. A One Day International (ODI) specialist, he was part of the Indian team at the 1999 Cricket World Cup. In his career he played in 39 ODIs and a solitary Test. He is also the only Indian Cricketer who has almost cracked UGC-NET and is known for travelling to exotic locations during the weekend.

After retiring from cricket, Chopra became a television cricket analyst. He is a regular guest in Cricket Crazy, Timed Out and Cricket Extra programmes of the ESPN-Star.


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