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Robin Uthappa

India

Full name Robin Venu Uthappa

Born November 11, 1985, Coorg, Karnataka

Current age 24 years 11 days

Major teams India, India Under-19s, Karnataka, Mumbai Indians, Reebok XI, Royal Challengers Bangalore

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm medium

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	38	34	5	786	86	27.10	855	91.92	0	5	94	16	15	0
T20Is	9	8	0	149	50	18.62	129	115.50	0	1	14	6	1	0
First-class	54	91	4	3605	162	41.43			10	19			51	0
List A	92	87	7	2615	160	32.68	2934	89.12	3	19			36	0
Twenty20	53	50	8	989	66*	23.54	834	118.58	0	3	103	30	22	1

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	54		376	218	8	3/26	5/67	27.25	3.47	47.0	0	0	0
List A	92		150	152	2	1/23	1/23	76.00	6.08	75.0	0	0	0
Twenty20	53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

ODI debut	India v England at Indore, Apr 15, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Jul 6, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	India v Scotland at Durban, Sep 13, 2007 scorecard
Last T20I	Australia v India at Melbourne, Feb 1, 2008 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	2002/03
Last First-class	Karnataka v Bengal at Mysore, Nov 17-20, 2009 scorecard
List A debut	2002/03
Last List A	South Zone v Zimbabwe President's XI at Cuttack, Mar 14, 2009 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Karnataka v Kerala at Visakhapatnam, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils at Bangalore, Oct 17, 2009 scorecard

Profile

Tall and robust Robin Uthappa, the son of Venu, an international hockey referee, scored heavily in the Ranji Trophy till he could not be kept out of the Indian one-day team any longer. Although his initial record in domestic cricket - a first-class average of 32 from 20 matches with just one hundred - was modest he plundered 854 runs in 7 Ranji matches in 2006-07 to top the batting charts. At one time a wicketkeeper-batsman, Uthappa has since given up the big gloves to concentrate on batting, and now occasionally bowls mediumpace.

As a batsman he has always been attractive to watch, hard-hitting, with every shot in the book, unafraid to hit the ball in the air. A useful member of the India under-19 team that won the Asia Cup, Uthappa first caught the eye when he made a brilliant 66 in a losing cause for India B against India A in the Challenger Trophy in Mumbai in 2005 against an attack that included Zaheer Khan, Murali Kartik and RP Singh. But it was in the subsequent edition of the same tournament, in Mohali in 2006, where he cracked a matchwinning 93-ball 100 for India B against an India A team that had seen a ton from VVS Laxman, that Uthappa really arrived in the big league. It won him a place instead of Virender Sehwag in the final one-dayer against England early in 2006, and he capitalised with a well-paced 86 at Indore. His next two outings were less spectacular, but time is on his side. After a spell out of the team Uthappa got a chance in the sixth ODI against England at The Oval. A nerveless unbeaten 47 off only 33 balls helped India seal a rousing win, and, for the moment, his place in the Indian team.
Anand Vasu September 2007