DTVHINDIIPL 2024: Tanush Kotian got the position of opener for this reason, Sanju Samson made a big disclosure
In the last match against Punjab Kings, Tanush Kotian played an inning of 24 runs in 31 balls for Rajasthan Royals. Tanush Kotian Sanju Samson (Photo Source: In IPL 2024, Rajasthan Royals registered a thrilling win by 3 wickets against Punjab Kings in the last match. Rajasthan team is known for its strong batting lineup, but while chasing the target of 148 runs against Punjab Kings, the team was seen struggling. In the absence of Jos Buttler, the team went with the opening pair of Yashasvi Jaiswal and Tanush Kotian. All-rounder Tanush Kotian plays domestic cricket for Mumbai, he had not opened even once in his career. Tanush Kotian was seen struggling while opening for Rajasthan Royals. Batting at a straight rate of 77.41, he scored 24 runs in 31 balls. Rajasthan Royals are facing criticism due to the decision of sending Tanush Kotian as opener. Meanwhile, Sanju Samson has given a big statement defending the management’s decision. Sanju Samson said this about Tanush Kotian While defending the decision of sending Tanush Kotian to the top order against Punjab Kings, Sanju Samson while talking on the post match presentation said, ‘Tanush is a very interesting player, he has done brilliantly in the Ranji Trophy and everyone was impressed watching him bat in the nets. We have a set batting order and we didn’t want to mess it up for one game. Yashasvi Jaiswal seems to be struggling with poor form this season. Till now in IPL 2024, not a single big inning has been seen from his bat. Against Punjab Kings, Yashasvi Jaiswal played an inning of 39 runs in 28 balls with the help of 4 fours. Captain Sanju Samson looked happy with Yashasvi’s performance. Talking further on the post match presentation, Sanju Samson said, ‘Nice to see Yashasvi scoring runs. He scored 30-40 runs and it was good to see him getting back into form. Rajasthan Royals are at the first position in the points table with 5 wins and 10 points from 6 matches. The team will play the next match against Kolkata Knight Riders on 16 April.
Who is Tanush Kotian who was sent to open in place of Jos Buttler, the story of joining the team is interesting
Tanush Kotian played an inning of 24 runs in 31 balls with the help of 3 fours. Tanush Kotian (Photo Source: X/Twitter) The 27th match of IPL 2024 is being played between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals in Mullanpur. Today many changes were seen in the playing eleven of both the teams. Jos Buttler and R Ashwin are out of the playing eleven of Rajasthan Royals, while Yashasvi Jaiswal has been included as an impact player for the match. Apart from this, a new young player has joined the Rajasthan team whose name is Tanush Kotian. Rajasthan Royals won the toss and decided to bowl. Batting first, Punjab Kings scored 147 runs losing 8 wickets in 20 overs. Rajasthan Royals got the target of 148 runs to win. Everyone was wondering that if Jos Buttler is not playing the match today, then who will open in his place along with Yashasvi Jaiswal. Everyone predicted that Sanju Samson would open the innings. But everyone was surprised when Tanush Kotian came to the crease to open. Tanush Kotian played a steady innings Actually, the problem was that Yashasvi Jaiswal’s form was very poor, while on the other hand Tanush was making his debut. This decision could have been risky because, due to the fall of wickets in the beginning, there would have been pressure on Rajasthan Royals and the match could have gone in the favor of Punjab Kings at any time. However, both batted with wisdom and added 43 runs for no loss in the powerplay. However, the first blow to Rajasthan was given by Liam Livingstone on the score of 56 runs. He dismissed Tanush Kotian (24) on the second ball of the ninth over. The count of dots balls was increasing due to which Tanush went to play a big shot and tried to reduce the pressure. However, he was bowled, scoring 24 runs in 31 balls with the help of 3 fours. Who is Tanush Kotian? Tanush Kotian is a resident of Mumbai and he is 25 years old. Kotian, who plays for Mumbai in domestic cricket, recently performed brilliantly for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy final. Kotian was successful in making important contributions with ball and bat in the Ranji Trophy final. IPL No team bid on him in the 2024 auction which was quite disappointing. After this, Rajasthan Royals suffered a big blow when Adam Zampa withdrew his name from IPL due to personal reasons. In such a situation, a few hours before the start of the 17th season of IPL, Rajasthan Royals had signed Tanush Kotian at a base price of Rs 20 lakh.
