Sitanshu Kotak Team India New Batting Coach: After losing the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, now Team India is going to play a white ball series against England at home. A 5-match T20 and 3-match ODI series is to be played between the two teams. This tour of England will start on January 22 with the T20 match to be played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Before this series, the Indian cricket team has got a new batting coach. Sitanshu Kotak has become the new batting coach of Team India. The performance of Team India's batsmen in the series against New Zealand and Australia was quite shameful. Due to this, BCCI has had to appoint a new batting coach.
Vikram Rathore was the batting coach of the Indian team during Rahul Dravid's tenure. According to the Times of India report, Gambhir wanted Sitanshu Kotak to be included in the team's coaching staff and the BCCI agreed to his request. In this article, we are going to tell you about 5 important things related to Sitanshu Kotak.
5. Sitanshu Kotak was born in Gujarat
Sitanshu Kotak was born on October 19, 1972 in Rajkot city of Gujarat. He represented Saurashtra in domestic cricket and scored more than 10,000 runs across different formats. When Saurashtra Cricket Association renamed Rajkot Stadium as Niranjan Shah Stadium, Kotka was honored by legend Rahul Dravid in a grand ceremony.
4. Sitanshu Kotak's batting statistics
52-year-old Sitanshu Kotak never got a chance to wear the jersey of the Indian team during his cricket career. But he was successful in leaving his mark in domestic cricket. Kotak played 130 matches in first class cricket and scored 8061 runs at an average of 41.76. During this period he scored 15 centuries and 55 half-centuries. Talking about his record in List-A cricket, Kotak scored 3,083 runs in 86 innings at an average of 42.23. It includes 5 centuries. Kotak scored 142 runs in 9 T20 matches at an average above 16.
3. Sitanshu Kotak has worked as the head coach of India.
Sitanshu Kotak has worked as the head coach of India. In 2023, when the Indian team played the T20 series against Ireland, Kotak was the head coach of the Men in Blue. Team India was successful in winning that series 2-0.
2. Sitanshu Kotak's son is also a cricketer
Very few people would know that like Sitanshu Kotak, his son Hetvik Kotak is also a cricketer. Hetwick has played in the Saurashtra Premier League. Like his father Sitanshu, Hetvik is also a batsman. He made his T20 debut for Saurashtra in a Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy match against Goa in 2023.
1. Sitanshu Kotak also has connection with IPL
Sitanshu Kotak did not get a chance to play in IPL. However, in 2017 he joined the league as an assistant coach. Gujarat Lions made him their assistant coach. In that season he worked with some prominent players like Suresh Raina, Ishan Kishan.
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