Tanush Kotian Catches Worldies In Duleep Trophy. Image Credits: X
Tanush Kotian, Mumbai and West Zone spinner, is also an excellent fielder and showcased his abilities in the ongoing Duleep Trophy 2026-27 game. West Zone is playing North Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1, Bengaluru, from August 23 onwards.
Kanhaiya Wadhawan, captain of North Zone, won the toss and chose to bat first at the COE 1 ground. However, only two players managed to score half-centuries. Ayush Badoni made 51 runs and Anshul Kamboj top-scored with 60, hitting 5 sixes and 5 fours.
Tanush Kotian takes two amazing diving catches for the West Zone
Tanush Kotian starred with the ball, taking four wickets, but it was his performance in the field as well that impressed everyone as well. There were two catches that Kotian took for West Zone that stood out the most.
The first catch was that of Abid Mushtaq. Tushar Deshpande bowled a short ball to Mushtaq, who blindly played a pull shot.
The ball hit the edge of the bat and went towards the fine leg position. It seemed like the ball would fall short of Kotian, who was running in for the catch. Kotian had to dive forward full length to make the catch.
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Tanush Kotian takes an amazing catch of his own bowling
The second catch Kotian took came off his own bowling. He was bowling to Arshdeep Singh as North Zone’s tailenders wanted to add some quick runs. Arshdeep Singh swung at the ball, trying to play a sweep shot. But he only managed to get a top edge on the ball.
The ball went high into the sky towards the mid-on/mid-wicket region, which was empty with no player stationed there. But Kotian put his long limbs to great use and made another full-length dive to take an amazing catch that even left his teammates in surprise.
Watch the video below:
West Zone lost early wickets against the North Zone
Apart from Badoni and Kamboj, only Qamran Iqbal (26) and Ayush Doseja (42) made some contributions, as North Zone made 251 runs in 67 overs. Tanush Kotian was the pick of the bowlers, taking 4/76, while Tushar Deshpande picked 4/57.
West Zone have begun their batting and have already lost Prithvi Shaw, who scored 22 runs in 21 balls with four fours. He was clean bowled by Abid Mushtaq.
On the other hand, East Zone faced Noth East Zone at the BCCI Centre of Excellence Ground 1, Bengaluru. North East Zone captain Rongston Jonathan won the toss and chose to bowl first. Vaibhav Sooryavanshi made 8 runs in 6 balls, while Kumar Kushagra made 55 runs.
However, the best knocks came from Sudip Kumar Gharami and Shahbaz Ahmed. Gharami made 146 with 25 fours and one six, while Ahmad made 100 with 9 fours and 2 sixes. Captain Ishan Kishan had fallen for 4 runs, as the Bengal star held the innings together with some amazing display of batting.
East Zone's Pheiroijam Jotin was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3/53, while Akash Choudhary picked up two wickets.
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