1. Ravinder Singh Bopara was born on 4 May 1985 and is an English cricketer who plays for Northamptonshire and has represented the England national team.
79 Facts About Ravi Bopara
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Ravi Bopara was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
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Ravi 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.
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Ravi Bopara was born into an immigrant Indian Punjabi Sikh family, educated at Brampton Manor School, East Ham and Barking Abbey School, Bopara attended Frenford Clubs and represented Essex Boys and Girls Clubs in their representative U14 cricket team.
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Ravi Bopara made his first-class debut for Essex in May 2002.
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Ravi Bopara hit 135 in a non-first-class match against the touring Australians, putting on 270 for the second wicket with Alastair Cook, and in 2006 he was selected for England A in their March tour of the West Indies, as well as their matches against the touring Sri Lankans and Pakistanis in the summer of that year.
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In England's match against Sri Lanka, Ravi Bopara was named man of the match for his 52 off 53 balls, which brought England to within three runs of victory from a seemingly hopeless position.
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Ravi Bopara made his Test debut in the tour to Sri Lanka in December 2007 but had a poor series, scoring only 42 runs in five innings including three ducks, and taking only one wicket at an average of 81.
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One BBC commentator described him as "well out of his depth at Test level", and Ravi Bopara was selected in the ODI squad but not the Test squad for the tour to New Zealand in early 2008.
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On 4 June 2008, Ravi Bopara recorded his highest List A score in the quarter-finals of the Friends Provident Trophy.
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Ravi Bopara scored an unbeaten 201 runs off 138 balls, including 18 fours and 10 sixes.
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Ravi Bopara's score was just the eighth instance of a double hundred in the history of List A cricket and the highest for six years.
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On 9 September 2008 Ravi Bopara was named in England's 15-man squad for the inaugural Stanford Super Series in Antigua.
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Ravi Bopara made just three in the first ODI in New Zealand.
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Ravi Bopara made 23 in the next match, but did not bowl in either matches.
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Ravi Bopara made 30 in the final match of the series, leaving him with over 100 runs in the matches he played in.
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Ravi Bopara played in the first ODI against South Africa but was not required to bat, instead just bowling two overs and conceding 11 runs.
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Ravi Bopara made 54 not out in the first ODI against India as he continued to consolidate himself in the ODI side.
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Ravi Bopara scored 124 not out in a warm up match, earning him a place in the 4th Test against the West Indies.
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Ravi Bopara then scored another century in the second Test, becoming only the fifth England player to score three consecutive centuries.
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Ravi Bopara credited his success to his coaching by Graham Gooch at Essex.
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Ravi Bopara played well in England's opening game of the T20 World Cup, hitting 46 against the Netherlands.
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Ravi Bopara made 37 against India before 55 against the West Indies, although England lost the match by 5 wickets.
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Ravi Bopara found success in a warm-up match against Warwickshire scoring 104 while opening with Andrew Strauss.
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Ravi Bopara struggled during the series with scores of 35, one, 18,27,23, one and a duck.
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Ravi Bopara was dismissed by Ben Hilfenhaus in five of his seven innings.
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On 11 September 2009 it was announced that Ravi Bopara had been awarded an "incremental contract" with England, as had Trott.
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However, after the Champions Trophy Ravi Bopara did not play ODI cricket for ten months.
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Trott kept his Test place after his impressive debut, and Ravi Bopara saw Michael Carberry and Eoin Morgan make their Tests debuts in the away and home series against Bangladesh respectively, with Ravi Bopara making neither squad.
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Ravi Bopara's convincing performance led to his selection in the two-match T20 series against Pakistan.
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England won both matches, but Ravi Bopara had little impact, making scores of 11 and 12.
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England won the next game, although Ravi Bopara only made 16 runs.
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Ravi Bopara's stay in the Caribbean was cut short when he was called up to England's World Cup squad before the tournament as a replacement for the injured Eoin Morgan.
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Ravi Bopara played in England's opening match against the Netherlands and scored a match-winning 30 from 20 balls.
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Ravi Bopara returned to play against South Africa in place of the dropped Paul Collingwood.
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England restricted South Africa to 165 and Ravi Bopara was named the man of the match.
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England lost the next match by two wickets against Bangladesh, with Ravi Bopara scoring 16 runs.
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Ravi Bopara did not perform well against the West Indies, making just 4 with the bat, although England went on to win by 18 runs and progress to the quarter-finals.
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Ravi Bopara scored 31 when he batted in the first innings.
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Ravi Bopara made 24 in his first game of the series and followed his up with 40 in the next match.
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Ravi Bopara finished the series making an unbeaten 37 as England went on to win the series.
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Ravi Bopara made 8 as England won the first match followed by 36 in the second, which turned out to be his highest score of the series.
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Ravi Bopara was not required to bat in the final match of the series, as England won the match by 9 wickets.
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Ravi Bopara batted at number 4 in the opening ODI against the West Indies, making just 8.
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Ravi Bopara was a key player for England in the limited overs series against Australia.
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Ravi Bopara made 82 in the second ODI which led to him receiving the man of the match award.
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Ravi Bopara was replaced by James Taylor for the second Test.
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Ravi Bopara returned for the ODI Series, making 16 in the second ODI.
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Ravi Bopara continues to be used to bowl overs, as he continued to be economical and pick up occasional wickets.
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Ravi Bopara was left out of the T20 team that toured India in 2013.
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Ravi Bopara went on to play no part in the ODI series, with the likes of Samit Patel and Chris Woakes being preferred instead.
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Ravi Bopara was again overlooked for the T20 series against New Zealand.
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Ravi Bopara again missed out on selection for the ODI team against New Zealand, with many suggesting that his international was now over.
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Ravi Bopara returned to the England team for the 2013 Champions Trophy, now batting in the number 6 position.
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Ravi Bopara made an unbeaten 46 against Australia to help guide England to victory.
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England convincingly beat South Africa in the semi-final, with Ravi Bopara not being required to bat.
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Ravi Bopara played in the hard ODI, making 28 and bowling 6 overs for just 21 runs.
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Ravi Bopara played in the second match which England won to tie the series.
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Ravi Bopara bowled in long spells instead of the occasional spell.
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Ravi Bopara took his first wicket of the tour in the second match.
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Ravi Bopara then made 21 in the third match, before making 3 in the fourth, which turned out to be England's only win on the tour.
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Ravi Bopara was stumped on the final match when on 25.
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Ravi Bopara played in all three of the T20 games, scoring 65 from 27 balls in the first match although England lost by 13 runs.
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Ravi Bopara bowled just 5 overs in the series, taking 1 wicket.
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Ravi Bopara made 14 in England's score of 152 in the second, although it ended in another defeat.
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Ravi Bopara made 11 not out against Sri Lanka and helped finish the game off with Alex Hales to keep England's hopes of qualification alive.
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Ravi Bopara was poor in his first three matches against Sri Lanka.
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Ravi Bopara managed just 10 runs and took just one wicket.
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Ravi Bopara was left out of the ODI squad against India, which drew criticisms from many pundits.
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Ravi Bopara returned for the T20 between he two sides, making 21 runs as England secured a narrow victory.
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Ravi Bopara returned to the England ODI squad for the tour against Sri Lanka.
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Ravi Bopara made two fifties in the first two matches of the tour, hitting 65 in the first match and 51 in the second.
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Ravi Bopara made 22 in the fourth match and followed this up by making28 in the fifth ODI, a game England won to keep the series alive.
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Ravi Bopara endured a poor Tri series against India and Australia.
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Ravi Bopara scored 13 in the first game against Australia as England suffered a defeat, and was not required to bat as England comfortably beat India in the next game.
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Ravi Bopara scored seven against Australia as England again lost, and made four as England beat India to reach the final.
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Ravi Bopara made his biggest score of the series in the final, making 33 in a losing cause against Australia.
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Ravi Bopara did not play in the World Cup until the final game against Afghanistan, by which point England had already been eliminated from the competition.
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Ravi Bopara won the player of the series award for the PSL 2016 by making 329 runs and taking 11 wickets within 9 matches for the Karachi Kings.