<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/tanush-must-use-test-snub-as-motivation-to-excel-23631460" rel="nofollow">Mumbai and West Zone off-spinner Tanush Kotian</a>, 27, was busy preparing for the upcoming Duleep Trophy which begins in Bengaluru on August 23. However, his plans have now changed. Instead, he will be leaving for Sri Lanka [SL] to join Shubman Gill&rsquo;s Indian Test team as a net bowler.
&ldquo;I was supposed to be leaving for Bengaluru tomorrow [Monday], but now I will be going to Sri Lanka on Tuesday instead,&rdquo; Kotian told mid-day on Sunday.
<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/jasprit-bumrah-set-to-miss-sri-lanka-test-series-due-to-knee-injury-23642826" rel="nofollow">India</a> will play two Tests against SL, starting at Galle from August 15 onwards. Kotian, who has picked 131 scalps and scored 2168 runs in 44 first-class games, was part of India&rsquo;s Test squad against Australia in 2024, when he was picked to replace R Ashwin, who retired after the third Test in Brisbane.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&ldquo;I expected to get picked when the Indian team was announced [for the SL tour]. But now I&rsquo;m getting a chance as a net bowler along with [left-arm spinner] Harsh Dubey. I will be bowling to some good batters during the net practice and have a chance to impress them. Playing against them [quality batters] will also help me grow as a bowler,&rdquo; said Kotian, adding that he missed the opportunity to feature as a net bowler ahead of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/sports/cricket/article/rahmat-shah-takes-over-as-afghanistan-odi-and-test-captain-after-hashmatullah-shahidi-resignation-23641077" rel="nofollow">Afghanistan</a> Test at New Chandigarh in June, since he was playing in the T20 Mumbai League.

“I was supposed to be leaving for Bengaluru tomorrow [Monday], but now I will be going to Sri Lanka on Tuesday instead,” Tanush Kotian told mid-day on Sunday

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“I was supposed to be leaving for Bengaluru tomorrow [Monday], but now I will be going to Sri Lanka on Tuesday instead,” Kotian told mid-day on Sunday

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