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 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.

[1] He was born into an immigrant Indian Punjabi Sikh family,[2] 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.

In January 2007 Kevin Pietersen sustained a rib injury in England's first One Day International against Australia, keeping him out of the remainder of the series.

On 30 August, in the fourth match of huge series, he featured in a prominent tail end partnership, this time with Stuart Broad as the pair added an unbeaten 99 for the 8th wicket to defeat India at Old Trafford.

He 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.

[11] 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.

In the final match of the series he took figures of 1–42 as well as contributing 24 runs with the bat, although England again lost, this time by six wickets.

On 18 February 2009, Bopara, along with Amjad Khan, was invited to join the England Test squad on their tour of the West Indies as cover for Andrew Flintoff who was struggling with a hip injury.

Australians Mitchell Johnson and Ricky Ponting stated to local media that during the upcoming 2009 Ashes series they were going to target Bopara in particular.

[21] On 22 June, the England selectors announced a sixteen-man preliminary Ashes squad for that summer's series; it included Bopara.

Speculation grew about his position for the final Test, where England required a win to regain the Ashes, and it was announced on 16 August that Bopara had been dropped in favour of uncapped Jonathan Trott, who went on to score a century on debut.

[26] Bopara returned to Essex and scored 201 against Surrey,[27] and despite being replaced in the Test team remained in England's squads for the ODI series against Australia and the Champions Trophy in September.

However, some impressive form for Essex in domestic 40-over and Twenty20 cricket in 2010, as well as a century for the England Lions saw him recalled to the ODI team for the series decider against Bangladesh, after an injury to Ian Bell.

His poor form continued as England suffered defeat in the final game and Bopara scored just 7 runs.

Bopara headed for the West Indies with England Lions in January 2011 after he missed out for the 2010–11 Ashes series Test and ODI squad and the 2011 World Cup.

His 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.

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.

In 2011, Bopara turned down £100,000 to play for the Delhi Daredevils in the IPL as a late replacement for the injured Paul Collingwood.

[34] After missing out on the series against Sri Lanka, he returned to the team in August for the third Test against India in place of the injured Trott.

He kept his place for the next match, this time performing better with an unbeaten 44 as England went on to win the series 4–0 and become the best Test Team in the World.

He batted at number 4 in the opening ODI against the West Indies, making just 8. in the second game, he guided England to victory with an unbeaten 19.

Following his good performance in the Champions Trophy, Bopara kept his place in the England squad for the ODI series against New Zealand.

Bopara joined up with the England squad for the tour of Australia for the limited overs series, after the Test team had already lost 5–0.

He made 11 not out against Sri Lanka and helped finish the game off with Alex Hales to keep England's hopes of qualification alive.

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.

Bopara played for the team Karachi Kings in Pakistan Super League (PSL) held at U.A.E in February 2016.

He 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.

[38] In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Glasgow Giants in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.