Ashwini Kumar Chopra

Ashwini Kumar Chopra (11 June 1956 – 18 January 2020) was an Indian politician, cricketer and journalist. He was born in Jalandhar. Chopra was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of the Lok Sabha from 2014 through 2019. As a journalist, he worked for Punjab Kesari.

Chopra played first-class cricket for five seasons from 1975/76 to 1979/80, when he was known as Ashwini Minna. He was a right arm leg break bowler, and made 25 appearances for Punjab.

Chopra died of cancer on 18 January 2020 in Gurgaon, Haryana. He was 63.

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