For Mumbai all-rounder Tanush Kotian, it’s time to enjoy the fruits of labour.
More than his heroics with the bat lower down the order that came in handy during Mumbai’s march into the 2021-22 final and the critical knock of 93 against Maharashtra during the 2022-23 league match that brought Mumbai on the brink of qualification, off-spinning all-rounder Kotian was often reminded of the solitary run he couldn’t score in the Maharashtra Derby.
Mumbai required at least the first-innings lead in the last league game to progress to the knockouts. When Kotian came in at No. 8, Mumbai was 143 runs behind Maharashtra’s 381.