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{{Short description|Indian cricketer (born 1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Agni Chopra
| image =
| full_name = Agni Dev Chopra
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|11|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]], [[United States]]
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling = Right arm off break
| role = [[Batsman]]
| family = {{ubl|[[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]] (father)|[[Anupama Chopra]] (mother)|[[Zuni Chopra]] (sister)|[[Kamna Chandra]] (maternal grandmother)|[[Vikram Chandra (novelist)|Vikram Chandra]] (maternal uncle)|[[Tanuja Chandra]] (maternal aunt)|[[Ramanand Sagar]] (paternal uncle)}}
| club1 = [[Mizoram cricket team|Mizoram]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|2023–2025}}
| clubnumber1 =
| type1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| debutdate1 = 5 January
| debutyear1 = 2024
| debutfor1 = Mizoram
| debutagainst1 = [[Sikkim cricket team|Sikkim]]
| type2 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| debutdate2 = 3 November
| debutyear2 = 2023
| debutfor2 = Mizoram
| debutagainst2 = [[Chandigarh cricket team|Chandigarh]]
| columns = 3
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| matches1 = 11
| runs1 = 1804
| bat avg1 = 94.94
| 100s/50s1 = 9/5
| top score1 = 238*
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–
| column2 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches2 = 7
| runs2 = 174
| bat avg2 = 24.85
| 100s/50s2 = 0/1
| top score2 = 50
| catches/stumpings2 = 3/–
| column3 = [[Twenty20|T20]]
| matches3 = 7
| runs3 = 234
| bat avg3 = 33.42
| 100s/50s3 = 0/2
| top score3 = 94
| catches/stumpings3 = 2/–
| date = 1 February
| year = 2024
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/agni-chopra-1403162 CricInfo
|club2=[[MI New York]]|year2={{nowrap|2025–present}}}}

'''Agni Dev Chopra''' (born 4 November 1998) is an Indian-American cricketer who plays for [[Mizoram cricket team]]. He is a left-handed batsman and right arm off break bowler.

==Career==
He represented [[Mumbai cricket team]] at Under-19 level, where he was captain,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/asrelated.cms?msid=61790861&ver=3|website=Times of India|accessdate=1 February 2024|date= November 25, 2017| title=
Mumbai U-19 Captain Agni Chopra May Face Action}}</ref> before moving to their Under-23 team, when it was suggested he get additional playing time elsewhere. He made his [[First Class cricket|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.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/vidhu-vinod-chopra-s-son-agni-chopra-scores-centuries-in-first-four-ranji-trophy-games-1419130?platform=amp|website=ESPN Cricinfo|date=1 February 2024|accessdate=1 February 2024|title= Agni Chopra smashes first-class record with centuries in first four games}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/the-big-dream-is-to-represent-india-in-international-cricket-says-agni-chopra-son-of-vidhu-vinod-chopra/articleshow/107312070.cms|website=Times of India|access-date=1 February 2024|title= The Big Dream Is To Represent India In International Cricket, Says Agni Chopra, Son Of Vidhu Vinod Chopra|date=1 February 2024}}</ref> With this, he became the first batter in the world to score centuries in his first four first-class games.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/all-you-need-to-know-about-major-league-cricket-season-three-1489810}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-21 |title=Why did Vidhu Vinod Chopra's son Agni quits Indian domestic cricket to sign for MI New York? - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/sports/why-did-vidhu-vinod-chopras-son-agni-quit-indian-domestic-cricket-to-sign-for-mi-new-york-19562866.htm |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref>

He has been picked by the MI New York as their first pick in the domestic players draft for a sum of $50,000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-21 |title=MLC Domestic Draft: MI New York signs up Mumbai boy Agni Chopra |url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/133525/mlc-domestic-draft-mi-new-york-signs-up-mumbai-boy-agni-chopra |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Cricbuzz |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
He is the son of filmmaker [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]] and film critic [[Anupama Chopra]].<ref>{{cite web|website=Zeenews|accessdate=1 February 2024|url=https://zeenews.india.com/photos/sports/meet-agni-chopra-son-of-this-bollywood-director-is-setting-ranji-trophy-on-fire-all-you-need-to-know-about-mizoram-cricketer-in-pics-2716123/amp|title= Meet Agni Chopra: Son Of This Bollywood Director Is Setting Ranji Trophy On Fire; All You Need To Know About Mizoram Cricketer - In Pics|date=31 January 2024}}</ref>

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[[Category:1998 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian cricketers]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian sportsmen]]
[[Category:Mizoram cricketers]]
[[Category:American people of Punjabi descent]]

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