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Full name Robin Venu Uthappa
Born November 11, 1985, Coorg, Karnataka
Current age 22 years 337 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

Batting and fielding averages

Mat

Inns

Runs

Ave

100

ODIs

786

27.10

855

91.92

T20Is

149

18.62

129

115.50

First-class

2620

162

39.69

List A

2212

160

31.60

2531

87.39

Twenty20

660

25.38

552

119.56

Bowling averages

Mat

Inns

Balls

Runs

Wkts

BBI

BBM

Ave

Econ

ODIs

T20Is

First-class

156

1/7

43.00

3.30

78.0

List A

7.25

Twenty20

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

India A v Australia A at Hyderabad (Decc), Sep 9-11, 2008 scorecard

List A debut

2002/03

Last List A

India A v Australia A at Chennai, Sep 26, 2008 scorecard

Twenty20 debut

Karnataka v Kerala at Visakhapatnam, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard

Last Twenty20

Bangalore Royal Challengers v Mumbai Indians at Bangalore, May 28, 2008 scorecard

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

Jul 5, 2008

The Indian players head for a practice session © AFP

Jul 4, 2008

Robin Uthappa works out his batting in the nets © AFP

Jul 4, 2008

Robin Uthappa gets on to his front foot © AFP

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