A batman called ROBIN

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ROBIN UTHAPPA
A batman called ROBIN

India has had its share of aggressive batsmen – Tendulkar, Sehwag, Yuvraj, Dhoni but none of them have anything close to Viv Richards – the ultimate destructive batsman – swagger. The one who has it, is an emerging star on the batting horizon – Robin Uthappa. Honestly, how many other young and emerging batsmen can lay claim to their own signature shot? Uthappa’s ‘walk down the wicket and thrash it past mid off/mid on’ would definitely qualify. He has treated the best of the bowlers with disdain while executing what can perhaps be classified as one of the most exciting shots to watch today. If a young India today marches forward with confidence, it derives a lot of it from intrepid warriors like Robin who embodies quiet confidence and channelled aggression on the cricket field. Reminiscing of his brilliant knock (47 off 33 balls) at The Oval in September 2007 where India overhauled a target of 317 against England in a thriller, he states matter of factly, “I was really quite cool in the last over and was confident of winning the match.” Having broken into the Indian One Day International team on the back of his sizzling strokes and razor-sharp fielding, Uthappa’s rise has matched his astronomical strike rate. Uthappa is a treat to watch when he plays his strokes and by his own admission being a big hitter was natural for him since, “It was always great to watch the ball going to the boundary and I would love to watch it.” He has every stroke in the book and seldom holds them back, and when fielding, his energy is electric to say the least. The break-neck speed at which the game of cricket is progressing today (what with T-20, higher demands on levels of fitness and tougher competition) it is players like Uthappa who will be the ones to shine, and be the light in the coming years. His record might not make prolific reading for now, but his potential definitely is unquestionable.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008

An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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