Robin Uthappa

Robin Uthappa

India

Full name Aiyudda Robin Uthappa
Born November 11, 1985, Coorg, Karnataka
Current age 21 years 109 days
Major teams India, India Under-19s, Karnataka, Reebok XI
Also known as Robin Uthappa
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Statsguru

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	8	7	0	255	86	36.42	223	114.34	0	3	37	6	7	0
First-class	32	56	2	2247	162	41.61			6	12			30	0
List A	41	39	1	1489	160	39.18	1616	92.14	3	11			19	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
ODIs	8	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
First-class	32	150	74	2	1/7		37.00	2.96	75.00	0	0	0
List A	41	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	0	0	0

Career statistics
ODI debut	India v England at Indore - Apr 15, 2006
Last ODI	India v Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam - Feb 17, 2007
First-class span	2002/03 - 2006/07
List A span	2002/03 - 2006/07

Profile

The son of Venu Uthappa, an international hockey referee, the tall and robust Robin Uthappa has, for a while, been talked of as a batsman who cannot be kept out of international sport for long. Although his record in domestic cricket - a first-class average of 32 from 20 matches with just one hundred - is modest his numbers in the limited-overs version recommend him well. He averages a touch under 40 with a highest of 160 and his runs come at a strike rate of over 93. 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. If anything it is his temperament that has come under question and stopped him from claiming higher honours thus far. 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. Robin is sometimes confused with Vinay Uthappa, coincidentally a wicketkeeper batsman from Karnataka but the two are in no way related.