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. Presently he is a working as a cricket expert for Aajtak, India Today and doing Hindi commentary in IPL.
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Considered as a one-day specialist, Nikhil Chopra, is a former Indian off-spinner who played a solitary Test and 39 ODIs for India. He was part of the Indian squad for the 1999 World Cup in England. Apart from being a good limited-overs bowler, Chopra was also a good fit lower down the order with the bat.
He could play the role of a pinch-hitter or add a few quick runs towards the end of the innings. In 26 innings for India in ODIs, he garnered 310 runs at an average of 15.50, including the highest score of 61. Chopra was a very useful bowler who had good control over line and length. He had good variations, but couldn't quite make a mark in the longest format of the game.
In the only Test he played against South Africa in 2000, he bowled 24 overs for 78 runs and stayed wicketless. Chopra picked up 46 ODI wickets during his career. His best bowling figures came against the West Indies in 1999. In the third ODI in Toronto, he took 5/21 as West Indies were bowled out for just 137 in comparison to India's 225.
Chopra had an indifferent 1999/00 season. With just 10 wickets from his last 9 ODI innings, the selectors would have always found it hard to keep Chopra in the team. He was dropped from the national team after India lost their game against Sri Lanka in the 2000 Asia Cup.
He became a cricket commentator after retirement.[3]
nikhil, chopra, pronunciation, born, august, 1973, retired, indian, cricketer, played, right, handed, batsman, right, offbreak, bowler, international, specialist, part, indian, team, 1999, cricket, world, career, played, odis, solitary, test, match, personal, . Nikhil Chopra pronunciation born 19 August 1973 is a retired Indian cricketer He played as 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 match 1 2 Nikhil ChopraPersonal informationBorn 1973 12 26 26 December 1973 age 49 Allahabad Uttar Pradesh IndiaBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm off breakInternational informationNational sideIndia 1998 2000 Only Test cap 227 2 March 2000 v South AfricaODI debut cap 116 28 May 1998 v KenyaLast ODI1 June 2000 v Sri LankaDomestic team informationYearsTeam1993 94 2000 01Delhi2001 02 2003 04Uttar PradeshCareer statisticsCompetition Test ODI FC LAMatches 1 39 61 88Runs scored 7 310 1 940 760Batting average 3 50 15 50 27 71 17 27100s 50s 0 0 0 1 1 11 0 2Top score 4 61 132 61Balls bowled 144 1 835 12 604 4 424Wickets 0 46 151 101Bowling average 27 95 35 00 30 715 wickets in innings 1 7 210 wickets in match 0 0 0Best bowling 5 21 7 66 5 10Catches stumpings 0 16 29 37 Source Cricinfo 25 April 2023After 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 Presently he is a working as a cricket expert for Aajtak India Today and doing Hindi commentary in IPL Cricket career EditConsidered as a one day specialist Nikhil Chopra is a former Indian off spinner who played a solitary Test and 39 ODIs for India He was part of the Indian squad for the 1999 World Cup in England Apart from being a good limited overs bowler Chopra was also a good fit lower down the order with the bat He could play the role of a pinch hitter or add a few quick runs towards the end of the innings In 26 innings for India in ODIs he garnered 310 runs at an average of 15 50 including the highest score of 61 Chopra was a very useful bowler who had good control over line and length He had good variations but couldn t quite make a mark in the longest format of the game In the only Test he played against South Africa in 2000 he bowled 24 overs for 78 runs and stayed wicketless Chopra picked up 46 ODI wickets during his career His best bowling figures came against the West Indies in 1999 In the third ODI in Toronto he took 5 21 as West Indies were bowled out for just 137 in comparison to India s 225 Chopra had an indifferent 1999 00 season With just 10 wickets from his last 9 ODI innings the selectors would have always found it hard to keep Chopra in the team He was dropped from the national team after India lost their game against Sri Lanka in the 2000 Asia Cup He became a cricket commentator after retirement 3 References Edit Nikhil Chopra CricInfo Retrieved 2023 04 25 Nikhil Chopra CricketArchive Retrieved 2023 04 25 subscription required Dasgupta Piyali 30 June 2010 Nikhil to play a commentator in Patiala The Times of India ISSN 0971 8257 Retrieved 2023 04 26 nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an Indian cricket person born in the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nikhil Chopra amp oldid 1173562556, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
