Gautam Gambhir (L) and Robin Uthappa© BCCI
Former Indian cricket team batter Robin Uthappa revealed his shocking experiences during his time with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the IPL after he had a disappointing run of form in the 2019 season. Uthappa was part of the KKR squad from 2014 to 2019 before moving to Rajasthan Royals and eventually finishing his career at Chennai Super Kings in 2022. In the latest episode of The Ranveer Show, Uthappa alleged that he faced a lot of judgement and bad treatment following a bad performance in 2019. He added that he believes that as a senior professional, he was not treated well at KKR.
“Lack of performance and the judgments of performance. Let's see, for example, I remember I was absolutely fine during my last year with KKR. For whatever reason, towards the end, personally from my perspective, I wasn't treated very well. As a senior pro, I wasn't treated very well."
"And in that instance, my last match for KKR was a horrible game. I had a bad day at work and my work was there for everyone to judge and criticise and I got criticised. I got taken to the cleaners. And I can tell you, in that time after that, for a good. Two-three months, I switched off my comments on social media.”
Robin Utthapa now comes in open to dislodge briefly on his last year at KKR.
▪️He admits he had a horrible performance but insists there are things which led to it.
▪️As a senior pro he felt he was undone.
This comes after DK opened up on Kuldeep. pic.twitter.com/utZnuzDVaB
Uthappa further said that he left social media for 2-3 months due to the criticism from the fans and decided to concentrate on his family rather than dwelling on the negative comments.
“I got off social media because if I was on social media, I could feel the anxiety and the depression coming back. By then, my son was one year old. I had a wife and a son and I didn't want to go through that whole that whole gambit again. So, I had to make a very conscious choice to say, you know what?"
"I don't want to deal with this. Let me focus on my family and I had a bad day and a bad day doesn't dictate my life and I know what led to that bad day and why I got there and all of that, which is a. If I ever write a book, I'll probably write about it. I won't write a book but I'll share that absolutely.”
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