Robin Uthappa profile

Full name: Aiyudda Robin Uthappa

Born: 11 November 1985, Coorg, Karnataka, India

Batting Style: Right-hand batsman

Bowling Style: Right-arm medium

Major teams: Karnataka, India Under-19s, South Zone, India B, Board President's XI, Rest of India, India A, India, India Red

First-class debut: Karnataka v Haryana,Faridabad, 2002-03 (scored 40 in his only innings off just 32 balls with 6 fours and a six).

Domestic one-day debut: Karnataka v Andhra, Bangalore, 2002-03 (scored 61 off just 42 balls with 10 fours and a six)

ODI debut: India v England, Indore, 2005-06 (scored 86 off 96 balls with 12 fours and a six)

Also read: Mission Tomorrow - Robin Uthappa

	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50	0	Ct	SR
First-class cricket	32	56	2	2247	162	41.61	6	12	6	31	67.4
Limited-overs matches	36	35	1	1332	188	39.18	3	9	1	14	87.9
Limited-overs internationals	3	3	0	98	86	32.66	0	1	0	1	79.7
Under-19 'Tests'	2	2	0	81	59	40.50	0	1	0	3	89.0
Under-19 limited overs matches	11	11	0	373	97	33.91	0	3	1	5	81.3

Uthappa's performance in first-class cricket in each season:

Season	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50
2002-03	2	3	0	48	40	16.00	0	0
2003-04	2	3	0	23	12	7.66	0	0
2004-05	7	13	0	499	162	38.38	1	2
2005-06	9	13	0	467	96	35.92	0	4
2006	2	4	1	126	67*	42.00	0	2
2006-07	10	20	1	1084	161	57.05	5	4

Uthappa's performance in limited-overs matches in each season:

Season	Mts	Inns	NO	Runs	Hs	Avg	100	50
2002-03	2	2	0	89	61	44.50	0	1
2004-05	7	7	0	357	160	51.00	1	1
2005-06	14	14	1	464	116	35.69	1	4
2006	10	10	0	320	116	32.00	1	2
2006-07	3	2	0	102	92	51.00	0	1

Notes:

Was a member of the India under-19 team that won the Asia Cup in 2003-04.

Came into limelight when he scored a brilliant 66 for India B against India A in the Challenger Trophy in Mumbai in 2004-05 against an attack that comprised Zaheer Khan, RP Singh and Murali Kartik.

Made a match-winning 78-ball hundred (116 off 93 balls) for India B against India A in the Challenger Series in Mohali in 2005-06 against VRV Singh, RP Singh and L Balaji, racing from 61 to 100 in just 15 balls.

Selected for India to play in the final one-dayer against England at Indore (in place of Virender Sehwag) and compiled the highest score by an Indian on ODI debut. Should have gone on to score a hundred, but lost his wicket because of his casual running between the wickets when in the 80s. His next two ODI innings produced only 12 and 0.

With 854 runs in seven matches including four hundreds and three fifties (avg.65.69) Uthappa is the leading run-scorer in Ranji Trophy this season.