International Chopra made his Test debut in
Ahmedabad against
New Zealand in late 2003, as India sought to find an opening partner for his Delhi teammate
Virender Sehwag. During the 2003–2004 second Test in
Mohali, Chopra scored two half-centuries against
New Zealand. On the 2003–04 tour to Australia, he frequently partnered with
Virender Sehwag, including two century opening partnerships in
Melbourne and Sydney. As an opening batsman, Chopra was credited with the large scores that India accumulated in that series, surpassing middle-order batsmen
Rahul Dravid,
V. V. S. Laxman,
Sachin Tendulkar and
Sourav Ganguly who regularly scored centuries. When Ganguly returned for the final Test, Chopra was axed and Yuvraj was retained in the team. Chopra was reintroduced as Sehwag's partner in the 2004
Border–Gavaskar Trophy after Tendulkar was injured for the First Test in
Bangalore. A heavy loss saw Chopra axed for the following match in
Chennai upon Tendulkar's return, with Yuvraj playing as opening batsman. Yuvraj also struggled, and Chopra was recalled for the Third Test in
Nagpur. Australia won this series, the first test win in India for them in 35 years, and this resulted in Chopra being dropped from the team. Chopra was replaced by Delhi teammates
Gautam Gambhir and
Wasim Jaffer, who went on to partner Sehwag in Test matches. Due to his low scoring rate, Chopra was not considered for
One Day Internationals.
Domestic In September 2008, Aakash played for Delhi in the Nissar Trophy against SNGPL (the winners of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy from Pakistan). Delhi scored 4 and 197, making the match a draw, but SNGPL won the trophy based on first-innings lead. After representing Delhi for a long time, Chopra joined Rajasthan as a guest player in the Ranji Plate division. Chopra helped Rajasthan to become the first Plate division team to win the Ranji Trophy, followed by another Ranji trophy win in 2010–2011 season. Chopra has won three Ranji titles in total, one with Delhi and two with Rajasthan.
IPL Chopra played for the
Kolkata Knight Riders in
IPL 2008,
IPL 2009, but was dropped eventually as he was deemed too slow at scoring for fast-paced T-20 cricket. In those two seasons he scored 53 runs with an average of 8.83 runs across 6 innings. In
IPL 2011, Chopra was signed by the
Rajasthan Royals. In 2015, he announced his retirement from all forms of cricket. Chopra is one of the few Indian cricketers who have scored over 8,000 First-Class runs. ==Cricket commentary career==