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Agni Chopra: Age, Career Stats, 1,804 FC Runs and Records

Agni Chopra is a left-handed batter born in Detroit who scored 1,804 first-class runs in his first 11 matches for Mizoram. His record includes nine centuries, five fifties, a top score of 238 not out and a BCCI award for leading the 2023/24 Ranji Trophy Plate Group run aggregate. He joined MI New York in 2025 and remained in the franchise's squad for the completed 2026 Major League Cricket season.

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Left-handedRight-arm off break bowlerBorn 4 November 1998

Current squadMI New YorkMajor League Cricket · Retained in the MI New York squad for the completed 2026 season

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Full nameAgni Dev Chopra

Age27As of 24 August 2026

Date of birth4 November 1998Detroit, Michigan, United States

Batting styleLeft-handed

Bowling styleRight-arm off break

Career overview

Agni Chopra cricket career

Born in Detroit on 4 November 1998 and raised in Mumbai.

Left-handed top-order batter with 1,804 first-class runs at 94.94.

First batter to score a century in each of his first four first-class matches.

Scored 939 Ranji Trophy Plate Group runs in 2023/24 and 865 in 2024/25.

Made two appearances for MI New York in Major League Cricket 2025.

Retained in MI New York's squad for the completed 2026 MLC season.

Career story

Agni Chopra career and playing journey

Who is Agni Chopra?

Agni Dev Chopra is an American-born Indian domestic cricketer who bats left-handed and bowls occasional right-arm off-spin. Born in Detroit on 4 November 1998, he grew up in Mumbai, represented Mumbai at under-19 and under-23 level, and later moved to Mizoram in search of regular senior cricket.

That move transformed his career. Chopra scored centuries in each of his first four first-class matches and completed his first two Ranji Trophy seasons with 1,804 runs from 11 matches at an average of 94.94. He then entered Major League Cricket through his United States eligibility, joining MI New York in the 2025 domestic draft.

His career needs two separate frames. Mizoram accounts for his first-class and Indian domestic record; MI New York accounts for his franchise T20 appearances and current squad connection. A United States passport made him eligible for the MLC domestic-player route, but he has not played senior international cricket for the United States.

Agni Chopra age, birthplace and early cricket

Agni Chopra was 27 years old on 24 August 2026. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, on 4 November 1998 and raised in Mumbai, where he began playing cricket as a child. His birthplace supports his American eligibility, while his competitive development took place largely in India.

Chopra has said he chose cricket at around six years old and trained at Shivaji Park. He progressed through Mumbai's crowded age-group system, representing the association at under-19 and under-23 level, but did not secure a regular place in its senior first-class side.

Coach Khuspreet Singh encouraged him to look for an association where playing time was more realistic. Mizoram provided that opening before the 2023/24 domestic season. The switch was about opportunity rather than a claim that Mumbai had selected and then dropped him from a settled senior role.

Why did Agni Chopra move from Mumbai to Mizoram?

Chopra moved to Mizoram because the pathway into Mumbai's senior side was congested. He had age-group experience but needed first-team matches to show what his batting could do over a full domestic season. Mizoram could register him as a professional player and offer that responsibility.

The context matters when reading his numbers. Mizoram competed in the Ranji Trophy Plate Group, the lower division of India's first-class championship. Chopra's runs are fully recognized first-class performances, but the strength and depth of opposition differ from the Elite groups. A useful profile should acknowledge both the achievement and its competition level.

His stated goal was to earn opportunities in stronger domestic competitions, not simply to protect a high average. The move gave him the innings volume that Mumbai could not guarantee, and his results turned a career bottleneck into a national story.

How did Agni Chopra score centuries in his first four first-class matches?

Chopra became the first batter recorded by ESPNcricinfo to score a century in each of his first four first-class matches. Across those games he made 105 and 101 on debut against Sikkim, 114 against Nagaland, 164 against Arunachal Pradesh, and 166 against Meghalaya. The sequence contained five hundreds because he scored two in his debut match.

His innings across the first four matches were 105, 101, 114, 10, 164, 15, 166 and 92. That produced 767 runs at 95.87 and a strike rate above 111. The record is based on matches, not consecutive innings: the scores of 10 and 15 sit between centuries, so describing it as hundreds in four consecutive innings would be wrong.

The debut is especially notable. Chopra made a hundred in each innings against Sikkim, yet Mizoram lost by four wickets. The match shows why individual milestones and team results must be kept separate even when one player's contribution dominates the scorecard.

Agni Chopra's 2023/24 Ranji Trophy season

Chopra finished the 2023/24 Ranji Trophy Plate Group with 939 runs. His season contained four matches in the opening record sequence and additional innings that took his first campaign to six first-class appearances. He finished with five centuries and three fifties in the competition.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India later awarded him the Madhavrao Scindia Award for the highest run aggregate in the 2023/24 Ranji Trophy Plate Group. The group label is important: the honour did not mean he topped the aggregate across every Elite and Plate team combined.

His scoring rate made the season unusual as well as prolific. He attacked more freely than a conventional long-form accumulator, but the large average came from both pace and repeated hundreds. The BCCI award formalized a season achievement; it did not guarantee selection for India, an IPL team or a higher-level representative side.

What did Agni Chopra achieve in the 2024/25 Ranji Trophy?

Chopra followed his breakout with 865 runs from five matches in the 2024/25 Ranji Trophy Plate competition. He batted eight times, remained not out once, made four hundreds and two fifties, and averaged 123.57. His strike rate was 87.64.

The season included 110 and an unbeaten 238 against Arunachal Pradesh, followed by 218 against Manipur. The 238 not out became his first-class high score. Mizoram won the Arunachal match by 267 runs, giving that double-century a different result context from his two-hundred debut effort in defeat.

Snehal Kauthankar finished above Chopra in the Plate run table with 949, so Chopra was not the group leader in 2024/25. His 865 still placed him among the leading run-scorers across the entire Ranji season and lifted his two-season first-class total to 1,804.

Agni Chopra first-class career statistics

Chopra's first-class record through 2024/25 is 11 matches, 20 innings and 1,804 runs. He was not out once, averaged 94.94 and scored at 95.14 runs per 100 balls. His nine hundreds, five fifties and high score of 238 not out make the record unusually century-heavy.

The average is mathematically correct for the 19 completed innings, but it remains an early-career figure built entirely in the Plate division. It should not be projected across an Elite season or treated as proof that he would average at the same level against international bowling.

Chopra also took ten catches and bowled only 12 balls in first-class cricket, conceding 22 runs without a wicket. Those bowling figures support his classification as a specialist batter who can bowl off-spin, not an all-rounder.

Agni Chopra List A record

Chopra has 299 runs from 12 List A matches through the 2024/25 Vijay Hazare Trophy. He batted in every match, averaged 24.91 and recorded two fifties with a highest score of 75. His strike rate is 69.69.

The current total combines 174 runs from seven matches in 2023/24 and 125 from five appearances in 2024/25. The second campaign included 75 against Jammu and Kashmir, followed by 23 against Tamil Nadu and five against Vidarbha.

This record is much less dominant than his first-class line. That contrast is useful, not embarrassing: it shows that format, opposition and match tempo can change a batter's output. The first-class average should not be used as a shortcut for his one-day ability.

Agni Chopra T20 record before Major League Cricket

Chopra made 234 runs from seven T20 matches in the 2023 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, including two fifties and a high score of 94. BCCI footage records a 76 from 45 balls for Mizoram during that campaign.

He added 208 runs from seven matches in the 2024 edition, taking his Mizoram T20 record to 442 runs from 14 appearances. Across those domestic innings he showed more acceleration than in List A cricket while remaining a top-order batter rather than a lower-order hitter.

His later MLC appearances expanded the all-T20 total to 16 matches and 452 runs. Because Major League Cricket is also a recognized T20 competition, the MLC runs are included inside the broader T20 aggregate and must not be added a second time.

How did Agni Chopra join MI New York?

MI New York selected Chopra with its third domestic pick in the 2025 Major League Cricket draft. The choice used his United States eligibility and rewarded two high-scoring Ranji seasons, while placing him in a squad with established international players.

He made two appearances early in the 2025 season, scoring five against Texas Super Kings and eight against San Francisco Unicorns. His MLC record is therefore two matches, 13 runs, a high score of eight, an average of 6.50 and a strike rate of 86.66.

MI New York went on to win the 2025 title, but Chopra did not play in the final. He was a member of the championship squad, which is different from claiming that he made a direct batting contribution in the deciding match.

Did Agni Chopra play in Major League Cricket 2026?

MI New York retained Chopra among its domestic players for the 2026 Major League Cricket season. The official squad directory continued to classify him as a batter, and his name appeared in the franchise's season group.

A squad place does not establish an appearance. The reviewed career record still lists his two MLC matches from 2025 and no additional 2026 innings. He should therefore be described as retained in the 2026 squad, not as having scored runs or played a specific number of matches that season.

MI New York reached the 2026 Eliminator before losing to Washington Freedom. That completed team result forms part of his squad context, but it does not change his personal statistics without a scorecard appearance.

Agni Chopra records and achievements

Chopra's headline record is becoming the first batter to score a hundred in each of his first four first-class matches. He produced five centuries during that four-match sequence because he made hundreds in both innings of his debut.

His other major achievements include 939 runs and the BCCI Plate Group aggregate award in 2023/24, 865 runs at 123.57 in 2024/25, and a first-class high score of 238 not out. Nine centuries in his first 11 matches explain why hundreds account for half of his 20 first-class innings.

He was also drafted by MI New York in 2025, became part of an MLC title-winning squad and was retained for 2026. Those franchise milestones sit alongside the batting record but do not increase his 13 career MLC runs.

What does the Plate Group context mean for Agni Chopra's record?

The Ranji Trophy Plate Group contains teams below the Elite divisions, and its leading sides can earn promotion. Matches retain full first-class status, so Chopra's runs, hundreds and average are legitimate career statistics.

Competition level still matters when judging future performance. Bowling depth, pitch conditions and match situations vary between groups, and an average from 11 Plate matches cannot predict an Elite, India A or international average. This is an evaluation limit, not a reason to erase the runs.

The fairest reading sits between hype and dismissal. Chopra dominated the opportunities available to him and repeated the performance across two seasons. The unanswered question is how that output translates against stronger sustained opposition, which can only be resolved by future selection and matches.

Agni Chopra family background

Agni Chopra is the son of filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and film critic Anupama Chopra. He has spoken openly about growing up around the film industry while choosing cricket rather than following his parents into cinema.

In interviews, Chopra has said his parents supported his choice without directing his cricket career. His mother's role in taking him to Shivaji Park when he first expressed interest in the sport forms part of his publicly documented development.

The family connection explains public interest, but it does not explain away 1,804 first-class runs or establish special treatment in selection. His Mumbai age-group record, move to Mizoram and match scores provide the cricket evidence.

Agni Chopra salary and net worth

No dependable public document establishes Agni Chopra's individual MI New York salary, total career earnings or net worth. The MLC draft and retention announcements confirm his roster status but do not publish a guaranteed personal payment.

Domestic match fees, franchise contracts, endorsements and family wealth are separate financial categories. His parents' public careers do not provide evidence of his personal assets, and generic biography-site estimates should not be treated as audited figures.

A precise financial section would require an official contract, league salary disclosure or direct on-record statement. Until such evidence exists, the accurate account is limited to the seasons and teams for which his playing relationship is documented.

Agni Chopra wife and relationship status

There is no reliable public information establishing that Agni Chopra is married or confirming a current relationship. Private-life rumours and social-media assumptions are not a sound basis for naming a partner.

This does not make the biography incomplete. His public cricket record, family background and career decisions can be described from dependable material without turning an unconfirmed relationship into search-driven filler.

If Chopra publicly confirms a marriage or partner in a dependable interview or announcement, the fact can be added with its date and context. Until then, the accurate answer is that his relationship status is not established by reliable public evidence.

Agni Chopra records

Agni Chopra career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

First-class (through 2024/25)11matches

Batting

Innings: 20
Runs: 1,804
High score: 238*
Average: 94.94
Strike rate: 95.14
Not outs: 1
100s / 50s: 9/5

Bowling & fielding

Innings: 1
Wickets: 0
Best bowling: 0/22
Economy: 11.00
Balls: 12
Catches / stumpings: 10/0
5w / 10w: 0 / 0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

List A (through 2024/25)12matches

Batting

Innings: 12
Runs: 299
High score: 75
Average: 24.91
Strike rate: 69.69
Not outs: 0
100s / 50s: 0/2

Bowling & fielding

Innings: 0
Wickets: 0
Balls: 0
5w / 10w: 0 / 0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

T20 (through MLC 2025)16matches

Batting

Innings: 16
Runs: 452
High score: 94
Average: 30.13
Strike rate: 135.32
Not outs: 1
100s / 50s: 0/4

Bowling & fielding

Innings: 0
Wickets: 0
Balls: 0
5w / 10w: 0 / 0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

Major League Cricket (2025)2matches

Batting

Innings: 2
Runs: 13
High score: 8
Average: 6.50
Strike rate: 86.66
Not outs: 0
100s / 50s: 0/0

Bowling & fielding

Innings: 0
Wickets: 0
Balls: 0
Catches / stumpings: 0/0
5w / 10w: 0 / 0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

Career chronology

Debut and last listed match

List A

Debut

3 November 2023 for Mizoram v Chandigarh

Last listed match

Record complete through 2024/25

First-class

Debut

5 January 2024 for Mizoram v Sikkim

Last listed match

Record complete through 2024/25

Major League Cricket

Debut

14 June 2025 for MI New York v Texas Super Kings

Last listed match

16 June 2025 for MI New York v San Francisco Unicorns

Career achievements

Career achievements and milestones

First batter to score a century in each of his first four first-class matches.
Scored five hundreds across those first four matches, including two on debut.
Won the BCCI award for the highest 2023/24 Ranji Trophy Plate Group run aggregate.
Made 865 Ranji runs at 123.57 in 2024/25, including 238 not out.
Reached 1,804 runs and nine centuries after 11 first-class matches.
Joined MI New York in 2025 and was retained in the 2026 squad.

Reader questions

Agni Chopra FAQ

How old is Agni Chopra?

Agni Chopra was born on 4 November 1998 and was 27 years old on 24 August 2026.

Where was Agni Chopra born?

He was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States, and grew up in Mumbai, India.

Who are Agni Chopra's parents?

His father is filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra and his mother is film critic Anupama Chopra.

What record does Agni Chopra hold?

He became the first batter to score a century in each of his first four first-class matches, making five hundreds across those four games.

How many first-class runs has Agni Chopra scored?

He had 1,804 runs from 11 matches at 94.94 through the 2024/25 season, with nine hundreds and a high score of 238 not out.

Does Agni Chopra play for MI New York?

Yes. MI New York drafted him in 2025 and retained him in its 2026 squad. His recorded MLC appearances remain two matches in 2025.

Has Agni Chopra played for the United States?

No senior USA international appearance is recorded. His American birthplace and passport supported his eligibility as an MLC domestic player.

What is Agni Chopra's net worth?

No dependable public document establishes his individual net worth or a complete earnings figure.

Is Agni Chopra married?

There is no reliable public information confirming a marriage or current relationship, so no partner is named as fact.

Conclusion

Agni Chopra turned a shortage of senior opportunities in Mumbai into one of the most productive starts in first-class cricket. His first 11 matches for Mizoram produced 1,804 runs, nine hundreds, a 238 not out and a BCCI Plate Group aggregate award.

The record is exceptional, but its Plate Group setting and short sample remain important. MI New York has given him a second arena, although two MLC innings have not yet matched his red-ball output. His next meaningful test is not another headline about his average; it is sustained opportunity against stronger opposition and a larger franchise role.