Cricket News Desk. The 27th match of IPL 2024 is being played between Punjab Kings and Rajasthan Royals in Mullanpur, Mohali. Both the teams entered the field with changes in their playing eleven. Josh Butler and Ravichandran Ashwin did not play for Rajasthan, while Yashasvi Jaiswal was included in the list of influential players. Apart from this, a new young player has joined Rajasthan Royals. We are talking about Tanush Kotian. Who is known as the second Hardik Pandya. This player was included in the team in place of Ashwin.

Tanush is a resident of Kotiyan. In domestic cricket, he performed brilliantly for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy final. Tanush was successful in contributing with bat and ball. No franchise bid for him in the IPL 2024 auction. Rajasthan Royals suffered a big blow when Adam Zampa withdrew his name from the IPL due to personal reasons. In such a situation, before the start of IPL, Rajasthan has signed Tanush Kotian at a base price of Rs 20 lakh. He has played 23 T20 and 26 first class matches. Tanush has played 19 List A matches.

scored a century at number 10
Tanush Kotian performed brilliantly for Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy final against Vidarbha. He took 29 wickets with spin bowling. His bowling average was 16.96. While batting, Tanush scored 502 runs in 10 matches at an average of 41. Playing at number 10, he played an unbeaten inning of 120 runs against Baroda. Kotin played an inning of 89 runs in the semi-final against Tamil Nadu. At the same time, in the Sair Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he took 9 wickets in 8 matches.