Robin Uthappa Gets Into Trouble For His KKR Criticism Tweets

IPL 2023: The highly-competitive playoffs leg in the Indian Premier League 2023 is currently occurring in full swing in Chennai. The recently-concluded league stage of IPL 2023 witnessed as many as 70 fixtures, while the playoffs consist of 4 electrifying games. Gujarat Titans, Chennai Super Kings, Lucknow Super Giants, and Mumbai Indians ended up as the four qualifying teams.

Kolkata Knight Riders, the Nitish Rana-led side, suffered an early elimination in the ongoing competition. The young team of KKR found themselves in all sorts of trouble during the majority of the tournament. With only 6 wins in 14 matches, Kolkata finished at seventh position on the points ladder. The performance of KKR remained highly underwhelming as the team is now left with plenty to ponder upon.

Robin Uthappa takes a dig at Kolkata Knight Riders

Meanwhile, cricketer-turned-commentator Robin Uthappa’s latest tweet related to his former franchise Kolkata Knight Riders is doing rounds on social media. Earlier yesterday (May 23) during Qualifier 1, Uthappa published a picture on his Twitter handle of him with his kid while supporting Chennai Super Kings. A fan posted a comment criticizing Uthappa which read ‘Bro played one-two seasons with Chennai and sold his soul. I have never seen him supporting KKR like this’.

Let’s go @ChennaiIPL!! 🤟🏾💛 #yellove pic.twitter.com/v2jEsQSmOg

— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) May 23, 2023

Robin Uthappa was quick to respond to the fan with a cryptic tweet, taking a dig at Kolkata Knight Riders. The former Indian cricketer wrote ‘Loyalty and respect is a give and takes my friend!!’ in the mysterious tweet response. 

Loyalty and respect is a give and take my friend!!

— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) May 23, 2023

“After Gauti was let go, everything changed and I felt alienated. However, my love for the fans of KKR was the same and will remain the same forever. I’m forever grateful for their support and I wanna clarify that!! This isn’t about the fans of KKR. I’ll forever love and respect me,” clarified Robin Uthappa

I’m not surprised by the hate I’m receiving here for what has been MY experience. Peace and love to you all!! 🤟🏾🫶🏾

— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) May 23, 2023

After Gauti was let go, everything changed and i felt alienated. However my love for the fans of KKR was the same and will remain the same forever. I’m forever grateful for their support and I wanna clarify that!! This isn’t about the fans of KKR. I’ll forever love and respect em

— Robin Aiyuda Uthappa (@robbieuthappa) May 24, 2023

The public tweet clearly indicates a crack in the relationship between Robin Uthappa and the Kolkata-based franchise. The Karnataka-born batter featured for Kolkata throughout a majority of the league, while was part of Chennai in his last two IPL season outings.