Chopra made his test debut in Ahmedabad against New Zealand at the end of 2003 while India was looking for an opening partner for his teammate from Delhi, Virender Sehwag.Chopra's international career began well, marking two half-centuries against New Zealand in 2003/04 at the second test at Mohali. During the 2003-2004 tour of Australia, he participated in many strong partnerships with Virender Sehwag, including two-century opening partnerships in Melbourne and Sydney. Chopra's work in seeing the new ball has seen him credited with the big points that India has accumulated in this series when middle-class drummers Rahul Dravid, V.V. S. Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar have regularly compiled great centuries.
On the next tour in Pakistan, he compiled another centenary with Virender Sehwag while India scored more than 600 points in the first rounds to set up a big defeat in the round of 16 against Pakistan in the first Multan Test. . However, in the second Test, Indian drummers failed in a lost effort, with the exception of a century of Yuvraj Singh, who played in place of injured captain Sourav Ganguly.When Ganguly returned for the last test, it was Chopra who was eliminated and Yuvraj retained.
He played for Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL 1, IPL 2, but was sent back to India as he was found unfit for T-20 games played in IPL 2. In IPL 4, he had been signed by Rajasthan Royals.
After having long represented Delhi, Chopra joined Rajasthan as a guest player in the Ranji Plate division. He helped Rajasthan become the first Plate division team to win the Ranji Trophy, followed by another Ranji Trophy win in the 2010-2011 season. He has won three Ranji titles in total - one with Delhi and two with Rajasthan. He is one of the few Indian cricketers to have scored more than 8,000 first class races.
His columns appear regularly at midday and on Cricinfo. He is currently with Star Sports, Sony and Sony Espn as a commentator and cricket analyst.
In 2009, Chopra released Beyond the Blues, an unparalleled first-class season, a diary of Chopra's 2007-2008 season. It was published by Harper Collins. He was acclaimed by critics and Suresh Menon of Cricinfo wrote that it was "the best book written by an Indian cricketer".
In November 2011, his second book was published by Harper Collins entitled Out of the Blue, about Rajasthan's victory in the Ranji Trophy. He then wrote two more books - The Insider with Espn Cricinfo in 2015 and Numbers Do Lie with Impact Index in 2017. Harper Collins has published all his work so far.
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