Uthappa joins Saurashtra for next Ranji season

The 31-year-old plays for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premiere League (IPL). (Photo: AFP)

Interestingly, Uthappa, who was a regular member of the Karnataka side, was dropped from the playing XI in last season’s Ranji Trophy quarterfinal match. (Photo: AP)

Karnataka team boasts off quite a few India internationals like KL Rahul, Manish Pandey, Karun Nair, Stuart Binny and it became increasingly difficult for the Uthappa to holds his own. (Photo: BCCI)

But in the Saurashtra team, there are hardly any doubts over his position, even though Saurashtra has its own set off stars in the form of Ravindra Jadeja and Cheteshwar Pujara. (Photo: AFP)

Uthappa has played 46 ODIs and 13 T20Is for India and was instrumental in India’s World T20 triumph in 2007. (Photo: AP)

Even though, the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) tried its best to hold Uthappa hold back but the cricketer’s persisting efforts forced them to grant the NoC on June 17. (Photo: PTI)

Uthappa has decided to part ways with Karantaka after representing them for 15 years. He made his Karantaka debut way back in the 2002-03 season. (Photo: PTI)

It was previously reported that the wicket-keeper batsman might join Kerala or Vidarbha but the announcement from Saurashtra Cricket Association put an end to all the speculations. (Photo: AP)

Robin Uthappa will now play for Saurashtra from the next Ranji Trophy as he signed the contract with the Gujarat based side on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)