Robin Uthappa, the India batsman, has spoken up about his battle with epilepsy while growing up which led to his fluctuating body weight, an obstacle he had to overcome in his progression as a professional cricketer.
Uthappa, who represented India at the 2004 U19 World Cup, made it to the senior team in 2006, quickly earning plaudits as a hard-hitting batsman, a trait which played a key part in India’s 2007 T20 World Cup triumph.
Speaking on the chat show Homerun with AV on the Gethist Creative YouTube channel, Uthappa revealed how the use of steroids, as part of his medication, altered the way he grew up, leaving him with a short torso and relatively long limbs and making people question the legality of his age.
“There are times when I let myself go and say ‘this couple of weeks I am actually going to eat what I want to eat, have fun, and switch off mentally and physically’, knowing fully well that once those two weeks get over I have to not only get back to training but I also have to lose maybe three-four kilos. That’s why people see that up and down in [my] weight.”
