The latest to come off an impressive conveyor belt of young batsmen at Essex, of which includes former England Test and ODI captain Alastair Cook.
Varun Chopra joined the Willetton Dragons cricket club in the 2006/07 season to play first grade in Western Australia.
Chopra's domestic season started off well in 2006 – he struck a hundred and a fifty on Championship debut and has been slowly making his mark in the first team, even keeping Grant Flower out of the side.
[5] In 2017 and 2018 he played in the championship only when Alastair Cook was not available, as Nick Browne took the other opener position, but in limited-overs games he was first choice.
In July 2019, he was selected to play for the Amsterdam Knights in the inaugural edition of the Euro T20 Slam cricket tournament.