Name : Aakash Chopra Nationality : Indian Date of Birth :  September 19, 1977, Agra, Uttar Pradesh Major Teams : India, Delhi, Kolkata Knight Riders, Marylebone Cricket Club An opener in the classical mould, Aakash Chopra has a technique and temperament perfectly suited to occupation of the crease and seeing the shine off the leather. Those attributes came handy for him, and for India, just when they were hunting desperately for a pair of good openers.

Batting Style Right-hand bat   Bowling Style Right-arm medium, Right-arm offbreak   Test Debut India v New Zealand at Ahmedabad, Oct 8-12, 2003   Latest Test India v Australia at Nagpur, Oct 26-29, 2004   First-class debut 1997/98   Last First-class North Zone v South Zone at Rajkot, Jan 29-Feb 1, 2009   List A debut 1996/97   Last List A East Zone v North Zone at Cuttack, Mar 14, 2009   Twenty20 Debut Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore at Kolkata, May 8, 2008   Latest Twenty20 Kings XI Punjab v Kolkata Knight Riders at Durban, Apr 21, 2009   Achievements       Batting :   Matches Runs HS Avg 100s 50s 4s 6s   Tests 10 437 60 23.00 0 2 49 0   First-class 129 9008 239* 46.91 24 44   List A 58 2293 130* 47.77 7 16   Twenty20 Match 7 53 24 8.83 0 0 7 0 Bowling :   Wkts Taken Runs Avg Econ   Tests - - - -   First-class 6 297 49.50 3.33   List A 1 58 58.00 4.14   Twenty20 Match - - - -