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Aakash Chopra (born 19 September 1977, in Agra, Uttar Pradesh) is a former Indian cricketer, who played for the Indian cricket team from late 2003 until late 2004 as a defensive opening batsman and close catcher in Test matches. An article by Aakash Chopra was featured in the 2012 book Rahul Dravid: Timeless Steel An article by Aakash Chopra has also appeared in the book 'Sachin Tendulkar : The man cricket loved back." (2014) He can be seen analyzing cricket in StarSport's daily show - Star Power at 8pm, 10:30pm & 11pm == Early years == An opening batsman, Chopra was known more for his technique and defence than for his flamboyant stroke-play, typically trying to wait for the new ball to lose its shine, rather than hitting the shine off the ball. An opener in his state team, Delhi, Chopra made his domestic limited overs debut in the 1996/97 season, before debuting the following season in 1997/98 in the Ranji Trophy. He batted productively in his first season, compiling 422 runs at 70.33 including two centuries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www1.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/STATS/IND_LOCAL_RANJI_AVS_BAT_HIGHEST_AVS.html )〕 He was rewarded with selection for North Zone in his first year, playing in their only Duleep Trophy match and compiling half-centuries in both innings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www1.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/IND_LOCAL/DULEEP/EAST_NORTH_DULEEP_01-05DEC1997.html )〕 His second season however, was poor compiling only 117 runs at an average of 19.5,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www1.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/STATS/IND_LOCAL_RANJI_AVS_BAT_HIGHEST_AVS.html )〕 resulting in his omission from the North Zone team.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www1.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1998-99/IND_LOCAL/DULEEP/DULEEP_1998-99_NORTH-SQUAD.html )〕 Chopra recovered in his third Ranji season, scoring 309 runs at 44 including one century,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www1.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/STATS/IND_LOCAL_RANJI_AVS_BAT_HIGHEST_AVS.html )〕 but was again overlooked as North Zone went on to claim the Duleep Trophy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://www1.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/IND_LOCAL/DULEEP/SQUADS/DULEEP_1999-2000_NORTH-SQUAD.html )〕 He continued his form the following season with 617 runs at 68.55, including two centuries including a double century, 222.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www1.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2000-01/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/STATS/IND_LOCAL_RJI_AVS_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html )〕 Chopra bounced back from his omission from the previous season's Duleep winning North Zone team, scoring two centuries and averaging 74.5 as they completed consecutive titles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www1.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2000-01/IND_LOCAL/DULEEP/STATS/IND_LOCAL_DULEEP_AVS_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html )〕 Chopra compiled 479 at 53 with one century in the following Ranji campaign.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www1.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2001-02/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/STATS/IND_LOCAL_RANJI_AVS_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html )〕 His Duleep Trophy performances were better, compiling 478 runs at 95.6, including two centuries in four matches, ranking him fourth in the run scoring list, but was unable to secure a hat-trick of Duleep titles for North Zone.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www1.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2001-02/IND_LOCAL/DULEEP/STATS/IND_LOCAL_DULEEP_AVS_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html )〕 Chopra continued his consistent form in the Ranji Trophy in 2002/03 with 525 runs at 47.7,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www1.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002-03/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/STATS/IND_LOCAL_RANJI_AVS_BAT_MOST_RUNS.html )〕 but was forced to miss the Duleep campaign due to injury. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aakash Chopra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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