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Full name Robin Venu Uthappa
Born November 11, 1985, Coorg, Karnataka
Current age 22 years 188 days
Major teams India,India Under-19s,Karnataka,Mumbai Indians,Reebok XI
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Australia v India at Brisbane, Mar 4, 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
Maharashtra v Karnataka at Ratnagiri, Dec 25-28, 2007 scorecard
List A debut
2002/03
Last List A
Saurashtra v Karnataka at Visakhapatnam, Apr 2, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Karnataka v Kerala at Visakhapatnam, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Mumbai Indians v Kolkata Knight Riders at Mumbai, May 16, 2008 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
