Ravinder Singh "Ravi" Bopara (born May 4, 1985) is an English cricketer who plays for the Sussex County Cricket Club in One Day Cricket. Originally a top-class batsman, his developing medium-speed bowling has made him an all-rounder. Bopara also played for the Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League, Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League, Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash League and Chittagong Vikings in the Bangladesh Premier League.

International career

In January 2007, Kevin Pietersen suffered a rib injury in England's first One Day International against Australia, which excluded him from the rest of the series. Bopara was called up as his replacement and made his ODI debut on February 2nd. Later that month he was named to the English squad for the 2007 World Cricket Championship and he played his second ODI in England's second game of the tournament. In England's game against Sri Lanka, Bopara was voted man of the game for his 52 of 53 balls, bringing England to three wins from a seemingly hopeless position. The seventh wicket partnership was an English World Cup record and was the second record partnership Bopara had made in the tournament after his record fifth wicket partnership with Paul Collingwood against Canada.

In the first three games of the Limited Overs series against India, Bopara was ineffective, failed in the first game and then made only 27 runs in the next two games combined. On August 30, in the fourth match of the big series, he played in a prominent tail-end partnership, this time with Stuart Broad, when the pair added an unbeaten 99 for the 8th wicket to beat India at Old Trafford. Bopara didn't finish 43. He could not continue his good form and only made 11 points in the next game.