'Bradmanesque' Agni Dev Chopra Starts Off Ranji Trophy 2024-25 From Where He Left Last Season; Shashi Tharoor Takes Notice
After a record-breaking debut season, Agni Dev, son of Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Anupama, has started the 2024-25 season of Ranji Trophy in fine form.
Agni Dev Chopra has started off Ranji Trophy 2024-25 on the same note from he left last season. The son of filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and film critic Anupama had famously grabbed headlines when he shattered records in his maiden season in India's premier first-class cricket competition. The left-handed batter, who plies his trade for Mizoram, had become the first batter to score centuries in his first four first-class matches.
And now in a brand new season, Agni has started in good form once again. While he registered scored of 51 and 29 in Mizram's match against Sikkim, he scored 110 in the first innings against Arunachal Pradesh before going on to smash a double hundred an unbeaten 238 in the second innings. Agni, who is set to turn 26 next week, slammed another double hundred in Mizoram's only innings against Manipur as they went on to register a win by an innings and 20 runs.
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An Indian batsman Who Averages A Bradmanesque 99.06 in 9 first-class matches: Shashi Tharoor On Agni Dev Chopra
Such has been his form that Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor, a big cricket fan, has taken notice of Agni's impeccable record in his young first-class career.
"As one who browses Indian domestic scores whenever he can, I came up short with this amazing find -- an Indian batsman who averages a Bradmanesque 99.06 in 9 first-class matches, with 8 centuries and 4 fifties in 17 innings! His name is AgniDev Chopra, he was born in Detroit, and he plays for Mizoram! All I could find on him is a February profile on
@ESPNcricinfo. When will our mainstream cricket journalists check him out?" he wrote in a post on X.
As one who browses Indian domestic scores whenever he can, I came up short with this amazing find -- an Indian batsman who averages a Bradmanesque 99.06 in 9 first-class matches, with 8 centuries and 4 fifties in 17 innings! His name is AgniDev Chopra, he was born in Detroit,…
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 30, 2024
The post quickly reached out to Agni's proud mother Anupama, a popular personality herself.
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"I gave birth to him," she replied in response to Tharoor's tweet.
I gave birth to him🙋♀️ https://t.co/dHMSjQpX2Z
— Anupama Chopra (@anupamachopra) October 30, 2024
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