646 runs in 5 innings… average of 161… ’12th fail’ director’s son scores second consecutive double century, knocking on Team India’s door
While India’s top batsmen are struggling for runs on one hand, on the other hand, the young batsman is scoring a lot of runs. Agni Chopra, son of film director Vidhu Vinod Chopra, playing in the Ranji Trophy for Mizoram, has done wonders by scoring a double century in the second consecutive match. 25-year-old Agni is knocking on the door of Team India by playing big innings one after the other in the current season. This season, Agni Chopra has scored two double centuries, a century and a half-century. Left-handed batsman Agni Chopra has made his debut in first class cricket this year.
Agni Chopra scored 218 runs in the Ranji Trophy Plate Group match being played between Mizoram and Manipur. During this, he hit 29 fours and a six off 269 balls. Agni is representing the Mizoram team in Ranji Trophy 2024-25. In the current Ranji season, Agni has scored 646 runs in 5 innings at an average of 161.50. He is at the top among the highest run-scoring batsmen. Agni has surpassed the great Don Bradman in terms of average.
Agni’s best score is 238 runs
Agni Chopra had earlier shown a strong game in the match played against Arunachal Pradesh. Agni Chopra scored 110 runs in the first innings of that match. After this, he remained unbeaten after scoring 238 runs in the second innings. Apart from this, he scored a half-century in the opening match of Ranji Trophy 2024-25. That is, Agni Chopra has played a big innings in every match this time and he is leading the list of highest run-scoring batsmen. Bradman scored at an average of 99.94 in his entire Test career, while his batting average in first class was 95.14. At present, Agni’s average in Ranji Trophy is much higher than Bradman.
Agni scored a century and a double century in the same match against Arunachal Pradesh
Before this match, Agni Chopra had also played a brilliant innings in the match against Arunachal Pradesh. He scored 110 runs in the first innings against Arunachal while played an unbeaten innings of 238 runs in the second innings. Also, before this, he started this season with a half-century. Agni scored 110 runs with the help of 19 fours in 138 balls in the first innings against Arunachal Pradesh. When he came to the crease in the second innings, Mizoram’s score was 2 runs for one wicket. After this, he scored 238 runs with the help of 33 fours and 5 sixes in 209 balls. This was his first double century in first class cricket.
First class career of Agni Chopra
Agni Chopra made his debut in first class cricket in January this year through a match against Sikkim. He has scored 1367 runs in 16 innings of 8 first class matches. This does not include the innings of 218 runs played against Manipur. Agni is scoring runs in Ranji at a batting average of 91.13. During this, his strike rate is 98.55. He has scored 7 centuries and 4 half-centuries.
