Uthappa left out of Karnataka’s Ranji quarter-final

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Robin Uthappa has been left out of Karnataka’s 16-man squad for the Ranji Trophy quarter-final against Tamil Nadu, which starts on December 23 in Visakhapatnam. The team’s line-up will be boosted by the availability of KL Rahul, Karun Nair and Manish Pandey, all of whom are currently with the India Test squad in Chennai.

Rahul and Nair, who made 199 and 303 not out respectively in the final Test against England, will join the squad directly in Visakhapatnam along with Pandey. The 13 other players and the support staff will fly out on Tuesday, following the conclusion of a five-day training camp at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore.

“With the three batsmen back, selection was a tough process. We collectively decided to rest Robin since we couldn’t play him in the XI,” R Sudhakar Rao, KSCA’s …

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