Who is Tanush Kotian Unknown Facts: Perhaps Tanush Kotian himself would not have thought that he would get a place in Team India just a few weeks after remaining unsold in the IPL 2025 mega auction. He has got a place in the Indian squad in place of Ravichandran Ashwin for the last 2 Test matches in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024. Ashwin who said goodbye to international cricket after the Brisbane Test. Whether he will get a chance in the playing eleven or not is a later matter. Before that, know here about 5 unheard facts related to Tanush Kotian.
1. Bowling is an all-rounder like R Ashwin
Tanush Kotian was born in Mumbai and plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket. He is a bowling all-rounder like Ravichandran Ashwin. While bowling right-arm off-spin, he has so far taken 101 wickets in his first-class career and has also scored 1,525 runs including 2 centuries.
2. Have become Ranji Trophy champions
In the final of Ranji Trophy 2023-2024, Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy title for the 42nd time by defeating Vidarbha by 169 runs. In the final match, Kotian had made an important contribution in making Mumbai the champion by taking a total of 7 wickets. He took 29 wickets in 10 matches played in the entire tournament.
3. Scored a century by batting at number ten
It is not easy for tail batsmen to stay at the crease for a long time. Therefore, if we say that Tanush Kotian once scored a century while batting at tenth position, will you be able to believe it? This is about the quarterfinal match of Ranji Trophy 2023-24 when Mumbai faced Baroda. In that match, Tanush Kotian at number ten and Tushar Deshpande, who came to bat at number 11, also scored centuries. There was a partnership of 232 runs between them for the last wicket. Kotian returned unbeaten after scoring 120 runs in that match.
4. Played for India’s Under-19 team
Kotian has not got a place in the senior Indian team yet, but in the year 2017, he represented India at the Under-19 level. Unfortunately, he could not get a place in the Indian squad for the Under-19 World Cup in 2018. He has also played with Shubhman Gill, Arshdeep Singh, Abhishek Sharma and Riyan Parag at Under-19 level.
5. Played for Rajasthan Royals in IPL
Tanush Kotian may not have found a buyer in the IPL 2025 mega auction, but he has played for Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League. He was part of the Rajasthan Royals squad in IPL 2024. He got a chance to play only one match in the entire season, in which he scored 24 runs.
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