Aakash Chopra, the former Indian opening batsman is considered to be a veteran of Indian domestic cricket. Chopra featured in a whopping 162 1st class games and had more than 10,000 runs to his name. He had a remarkable average of 45.4 in those games, ranking high in the leading run-getters list.
Despite showcasing brilliant performance in domestic cricket, Aakash Chopra’s international career remained awfully short. He played as few as 10 test matches for the national side, eventually announcing his retirement from all forms of cricket after a long wait for India’s call back in 2015.
The Delhi-born cricketer is now one of the top Hindi presenters for the host BCCI broadcasters namely Star Sports Network. The cricketer-turned-expert has a mammoth presence on social media as well, having millions of active viewers across different platforms.
‘How can you talk to me?’ Aakash Chopra lashes out at a troll
Meanwhile, The 45-year-old has caught some limelight after he gave a mouth-shutting reply to a troll on Twitter. The incident happened when an unknown Twitter user tried to publicly take a dig at his short international career. Chopra was quick to come up with a fitting response.
“You have logic in your argument which no one in India likes. A person who never held a bat in his career should not be entitled to insult a veteran of domestic cricket,” wrote a fan in the comments as the prominent presenter was appreciated by the fans for taking a stand against the troll.
“Please explain your career too. What is this? How can you talk about cricket? When you are a failed cricketer.” wrote a troll in his tweet.
“I googled you…found no career in cricket or otherwise. Going by your logic, how can you talk about me?? On a serious note: get a life, my friend. Love you.” replied Aakash Chopra.
Here is the link to the Tweet:
I googled you…found no career in cricket or otherwise. Going by your logic, how can you talk about me?? When you a ________ person in life?
On a serious note : get a life, my friend 😇🫶🤗 Love you 😍 https://t.co/m8HsQCmmhM
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 11, 2022
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