Ravi Bopara

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Ravi Bopara

Personal information
Full name	Ravinder Singh Bopara
Born	(1985-05-04) 4 May 1985 (age 39) Forest Gate, London
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	Batting all-rounder
International information
National side	England (2007–2015)
Test debut (cap 637)	1 December 2007 v Sri Lanka
Last Test	19 July 2012 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 202)	2 February 2007 v Australia
Last ODI	13 March 2015 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no.	10
T20I debut (cap 39)	13 June 2008 v New Zealand
Last T20I	7 September 2014 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2002–2019	Essex[a] (squad no. 25)
2009–2010	Kings XI Punjab
2010/11, 2012/13	Dolphins
2015, 2022	Sylhet Strikers
2016–2019	Karachi Kings
2017–2019	Rangpur Riders (squad no. 10)
2020–2023	Sussex (squad no. 23)
2021–present	London Spirit (squad no. 23)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 13 120 221 323 Runs scored 575 2,695 12,821 9,845 Batting average 31.94 30.62 40.44 40.18 100s/50s 3/0 1/14 31/55 15/61 Top score 143 101 * 229 201* Balls bowled 434 1,860 15,462 8,097 Wickets 1 40 257 248 Bowling average 290.00 38.07 36.50 29.02 5 wickets in innings 0 0 3 1 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 1/39 4/38 5/49 5/63 Catches/stumpings 6/– 35/– 118/– 103/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 25 April 2021

Ravinder Singh Bopara (born 4 May 1985) is an English cricketer who plays for Northamptonshire and has represented the England national team. Originally a top-order batsman, his developing medium pace bowling has made him a batting all rounder in the one day game. Bopara has also played for Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League, Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League, and Chittagong Vikings in the Bangladesh Premier League. Bopara was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.

Bopara was first called up to the England One Day International team in 2007, before a difficult Test debut in Sri Lanka saw him dropped in early 2008 after a string of three ducks. He regained his place for a Test against the West Indies in the winter of 2008–09; on his return to the side, Bopara became the fifth batsman to score three consecutive Test centuries for England. Despite this success, during the 2009 Ashes Bopara again struggled and was dropped for the final Test of the series. At the start of the 2016 season he took over the captaincy of the Essex one day team.^[1]

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