Uthappa's thunderous knock goes in vain

The comeback boy set the Chepauk on fire, making a quickfire 70 off just 41 balls, writes Rajneesh Gupta.

Robin Uthappa, making a comeback into the Indian side, set the Chepauk on fire with his thunderous stroke-play, making 70 runs off just 41 balls. Uthappa’s strike-rate of 170.73 is the third best by any batsman scoring at least 50 runs in an innings against West Indies. The details:

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SR	Batsman	Runs	Balls	Venue
189.47	Kapil Dev	72	38	Albion
186.66	Shahid Afridi	56	30	Gros Islet
170.73	Robin Uthappa	70	41	Chennai
163.41	Imran Khan	67*	41	Brisbane
160.75	Basit Ali	127*	79	Sharjah
154.54	Salim Malik	85	55	Port of Spain
154.34	Mohammad Yousuf	71*	46	Sharjah
154.28	Rahul Dravid	54*	35	Nagpur
151.35	WB Phillips	56*	37	Melbourne
150.00	Lance Klusener	54*	36	Cape Town

India were cruising nicely at Chennai with 232 runs on the board and only three wickets down. Dravid and Tendulkar were having West Indies bowlers at their mercy and a total of 350 looked imminent. India somehow lost the way completely from this position and got bundled out for just 268 – a mere addition of 36 runs to the total.

This is one of India's worst collapses after having scored 200 for the loss of three wickets. Take a look:

Runs	Opposition	Venue	Collapse details
30	WI	Amos Vale	201-3 to 231
36	WI	Chennai	232-3 to 268
40	Aus	Chennai	229-3 to 269
43	Pak	Peshawar	285-3 to 328
62	Aus	Chennai	207-2 to 269
66	NZL	Rajkot	240-3 to 306
72	Pak	Rawalpindi	245-3 to 317
83	Pak	Chennai	209-3 to 292
96	SA	Nagpur	214-3 to 310