Aakash Chopra is the 245th Indian to represent India in Test Cricket. A batsman in the traditional mould, he played ten Tests for the country in 2003 and has played over 120 first-class matches. Chopra currently plays for the Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League and represents Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy. Before he joined Rajasthan, Chopra played for Delhi for over a decade. Aakash has played 145 first class matches and scored nearly 10,000 runs. Chopra wrote his first book Beyond the Blues: A Cricket Season Like No Other in 2009. He continues to tell the story of Indian cricket, its frustrations and fantasies, through his popular weekly column in the Hindustan Times, yahoo.com, cricketnext.com, sports magazines, television shows and his blog cricketaakash.com.