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Will Bollywood director's son play in Pakistan? (Photo- INSTAGRAM)

PSL 2026 Auction: Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the list of registered players for the player auction of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2026. A total of 879 players are included in this list. The auction for PSL 2026 is scheduled to take place on February 11. This will also be the first time when there will be an auction of players in Pakistan Super League. Meanwhile, one name in this auction list has surprised everyone. In fact, the son of a veteran Indian Bollywood director has also given his name for the auction.

Will Bollywood director's son play in Pakistan?

Agni Chopra, son of India's famous film director Vidhu Vinod Chopra, has come into limelight due to a big decision in the cricket world. Agni, who was born in America and holds American citizenship, has left Indian domestic cricket and has now chosen a different path at the international level. Let us tell you, Agni started his cricket career from Mumbai and later also played for Mizoram in Ranji Trophy. He performed well in domestic cricket, but last year had decided to leave the Indian cricket system.

Agni Chopra also made his debut in America's cricket league Major League Cricket last year and played for MI New York team. At the same time, now he wants to play in Pakistan Super League. However, whether he will get a chance to play in this league or not will be decided only on the day of the auction. He is participating in this auction as an American player. His base price has been kept at 6 lakh Pakistani rupees (approximately 1.9 lakh Indian rupees).

Agni Chopra's powerful career

Agni Chopra has played 11 first class, 12 List A and 16 T20 matches so far. During this period, he has scored 1804 runs in first class cricket at an average of 94.94. Which includes 9 centuries and 5 half-centuries. He has also achieved the feat of scoring four centuries in four consecutive first class matches. Apart from this, he has scored 299 runs in List A and 452 runs in T20. However, he could score only 13 runs in 2 matches of Major League Cricket.