Robin Uthappa ने अब इस बात पर अपनी चुप्पी तोड़ी है कि कैसे कर्नाटक के एक खिलाड़ी ने उनके और करुण नायर के बीच दरार पैदा करने की कोशिश की। उन्होंने कहा कि एक बार जब उन्होंने एक इंटरव्यू में एक बयान दिया, तो कर्नाटक के उस खिलाड़ी ने उन्हें उस बात के बारे में अलग तरीके से बताया, यह कहते हुए कि यह उनके लिए ही बना था। उथप्पा ने कहा कि उन्होंने यह बयान उस हताशा के कारण दिया था जब अच्छे प्रदर्शन के बावजूद वह राष्ट्रीय टीम में जगह नहीं बना पाए थे। उन्होंने कर्नाटक के लिए खेले गए 142 first class मैचों में से 99 में रन बनाए थे।
39 वर्षीय खिलाड़ी ने उन कारणों का खुलासा किया जिसके कारण उन्हें कर्नाटक टीम से नाता तोड़ना पड़ा।
उन्होंने कहा,
"At that point, I was trying to get into the test team. I was frustrated because, despite performing well, I wasn't even being considered. Maybe all of those emotions came out in the conversation. I said in the interview that test caps were being given away too easily and that some people really needed to earn them rather than just being given them freely."
"Someone from our team took that piece of the interview and told Karun Nair that I had said it about him. Karun Nair, who was like a younger brother, alienated me at that time because he was close to getting a Test cap. He didn't check with me and believed it. A few days later, some infighting started. When the interview came out, since it was in Bombay, and Bombay loves to dominate test cricket, the media there even portrayed it in a way that could be perceived as if I was talking about Karun. Karun believed it and distanced himself from me."
इसके अलावा, उथप्पा ने कहा कि उन्हें टीम तोड़ने वाले के रूप में पेश किया गया।
"I told them if anyone thought I was breaking the team, they should raise their hand, and I would quit immediately. Nobody raised a hand, but I knew then there was an organized attack because I had become the players' voice."
"So after that incident, I tried to give everything. Genuinely and consciously I tried to give everything, but it didn't come. And performances also didn't come after that because that emotional tag of mine was broken."
