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| Full name | Agni Dev Chopra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 November 1998 Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Mizoram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 5 January 2024 Mizoram v Sikkim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA debut | 3 November 2023 Mizoram v Chandigarh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricInfo,1 February 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Agni Dev Chopra (born 4 November 1998) is an American-Indian cricketer who played for Mizoram cricket team. He is a left-handed batsman and right arm off break bowler.
He represented Mumbai cricket team at Under-19 level,where he was captain, [1] before moving to their Under-23 team,when it was suggested he get additional playing time elsewhere. He made his first class debut for Mizoram cricket team against Sikkim cricket team and made 166. Playing for Mizoram he struck five centuries in his first four matches in the Ranji Trophy,in January 2024,at an average of 95.87,with a strike rate of 111.80. [2] [3] This gave him the distinction of being the first cricketer in Ranji Trophy history to score a century in each of his first four matches of his career. He also played 7 matches for Mizoram in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy,and scored 234 runs at a strike rate of 150.96.
Though he had an aspiring career,he had to leave his Indian cricket career to seek new teams as BCCI bars non-passport holders from domestic cricket. So he left Indian Cricket circuit,and qualified as a domestic player in the Major League Cricket (MLC) due to his USA citizenship acquired by his birth in Detroit,Michigan. [4]
He has been picked by the MI New York as their first pick in the domestic players draft for a sum of $50,000. [5]
He is the son of filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and film critic Anupama Chopra. [6]