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Ahead of Punjab Kings’ (PBKS) reverse fixture against defending champions, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), scheduled to be played on Saturday, April 26 at the Eden Gardens, the former side has added Mumbai all-rounder Tanush Kotian. The Mumbai cricketer earlier came into limelight as the Indian team called him as retired Ravichandran Ashwin’s replacement for the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25.
But ahead of the cucial match, the Shreyas Iyer-led side have added Tanush Kotian as a net bowler after he went unsold in the mega auction last year. The youngster was spotted training alongside the rest of the squad on Friday, April 25. He was also spotted having entensive discussions with spin-bowling coach Sunil Joshi.
Tanush Kotian added as net bowler ahead of KKR vs PBKS
The 26-year-old, whose addition seems more to be a tactical decision, especially seeing the challenges PBKS might have to face against a strong spin-dominated KKR side. Kotian, who is known to bring unique dimension to the nets, helped prepare PBKS batters for tricky conditions, prevalent in Kolkata.
Moreover, Shreyas Iy er, the skipper of PBKS, is said to have played a key role in Kotian's inclusion, seeing that the duo have played together for Mumbai in domestic circuit. Speaking of the past match between these two quality sides, PBKS came out victorious, defending the mere 111-run target in Mullanpur. Before that, in IPL 2025, they pulled off a record-breaking chase of 262.
Punjab Kings’ IPL 2025 squad
Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh, Shreyas Iyer, Nehal Wadhera, Vishnu Vinod, Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Yuzvendra Chahal, Harpreet Brar, Arshdeep Singh, Vijaykumar Vyshak, Yash Thakur, Marco Jansen, Priyansh Arya, Josh Inglis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Lockie Ferguson, Aaron Hardie, Xavier Bartlett, Kuldeep Sen, Suryansh Shedge, Musheer Khan, Harnoor Pannu, Pyla Avinash, Pravin Dubey
