"When I came here, that was communicated to me - 'When you get an opportunity, you will get 4 or 5 games for sure. But you have to wait for your opportunity.' For me clarity and communication are very important. So for me, one of thing that I liked about that first conversation with MS was that he told me, 'As of now, you don't walk into my playing XI. We are two months away from IPL. We will see where it goes in the next couple of months. Because I am not thinking about it at this point in time'," he said.
"Then when I came here, they told me, 'Listen, you are in the top 12 or 13. But you might not get the first game. You might have to wait for your turn.' I said, 'Fair enough, that communication is there'", he added.
In the ongoing season, Uthappa has registered 106 runs from four games for CSK and in IPL 2021, he scored 115 runs in four fixtures. Despite featuring in only four games, Uthappa played a prominent role for CSK in the final vs KKR. In their upcoming match, CSK face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) on Tuesday.