Sitanshu Kotak is an Indian cricketer and coach. He played many matches for Saurashtra in domestic cricket and scored more than 8000 runs but he never played any international match for India. He has served as the coach of Saurashtra, India A and India A in various tournaments.
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Wiki/Biography
Sitanshu Kotak aka Sitanshu Hargovindbhai Kotak was born on Thursday, 19 October 1972 (age 51 years; as in 2023) in Rajkot, Gujarat, India. His zodiac sign is Libra. He started playing cricket at the age of thirteen and took training from Saurashtra Ranji player Mahendra Rajdev. Later he became a professional cricketer.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Weight (Approx): 70 kg
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
His father Hargovindbhai Kotak was a businessman. He has two sisters named Chetna Gohil and Snehal Palan who is an educationist.
Sitanshu Kotak with his sisters
wife and children
He married Payal Kotak on 18 February 1997. They have a son named Hetvik Kotak who is a cricketer and plays for Saurashtra in domestic cricket and a daughter named Bruhi Kotak.
Sitanshu Kotak with his wife Payal Kotak on their wedding anniversary
Sitanshu Kotak with his wife and children
Religion
He follows Hindu religion.
livelihood
player
domestic
Sitanshu started playing for Saurashtra Under-17 in the 1989–90 season and played for the Saurashtra Under-19 team from the 1990–91 to 1991–92 seasons. He represented Gujarat Under-19 in the 1990–91 season and West Zone Under-19 in the 1991–92 season. In the 1992–93 season, he played for West Zone Universities. He played for Saurashtra from the 1992–93 to 2013–14 seasons in all major domestic tournaments including the Ranji Trophy, Deodhar Trophy and Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Sitanshu Kotak played for Saurashtra in the 1990s
From the 1994–95 to 2001–02 seasons, he played for West Zone. In the 1999–2000 Irani Trophy, he scored a century for the Rest of India team against Karnataka, which featured Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath as the bowlers. Sitanshu played for Saurashtra Cricket Association XI in the 2007–08 and 2008–09 seasons.
Sitanshu Kotak playing in the 2000s
He later represented Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) in various corporate cricket tournaments from the 2008–09 to 2013–14 seasons. He also captained BPCL and Saurashtra in many cricket tournaments. He retired from domestic cricket in October 2013.
Sitanshu Kotak (left) during a tournament for Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).
international
India A
He played for India A from the 1998–99 to 2001–02 seasons.
league
birmingham premier league
Sitanshu played for Kenilworth Wardens for several seasons between 1996 and 2015. He also represented the Warwickshire Cricket Board in 2002.
A photo of Sitanshu Kotak taken with other Kenilworth Wardens players
coach
In October 2014, he was appointed coach of the Saurashtra team. Prior to his appointment, he completed Level 1 and 2 coaching courses from BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) and ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board).
Sitanshu Kotak (left) during his early coaching career
In 2016, he became the assistant coach of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Gujarat Lions. He also coached BPCL in many cricket tournaments.
Sitanshu Kotak (right) with Suresh Raina (wearing cap) when he was assistant coach of Gujarat Lions
In August 2019, he became the head coach of the India A team. He later became the batting coach at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru and helped Indian cricket star Rishabh Pant with his batting.
Sitanshu Kotak with Mayank Agarwal and Yashasvi Jaiswal (right to left) when he became the coach of India A team.
In August 2023, he was appointed as the head coach of the Indian national team, replacing Rahul Dravid during the T20I series against Ireland. In December 2023, he was with the Indian national team during the ODI series against South Africa.
Sitanshu Kotak (far left) with Indian players during the T20 series against Ireland.
statistics
batting statistics
First class
- Highest score: 168 not out
list a
- Highest score: 122 not out
Fielding and bowling statistics
First class
- Best bowling figures: 6 wickets for 81 runs
list a
- Best bowling figures: 7 wickets for 43 runs
tattoo
Sitanshu Kotak has many tattoos on both his hands.
tattoos on sitanshu kotak’s arms
Facts/General Knowledge
- His batting style is left-handed, and his bowling style is slow left-arm orthodox.
Left handed batting stance of Sitanshu Kotak
- He listens to Hindi songs in his free time.
- Sitanshu once spoke about his aspirations to play for India and claimed that he had scored over 800 runs in the 1998–99 Ranji Trophy season and centuries in both the Deodhar and Duleep Trophies and was eligible for selection for the India team. were expecting; However, the selectors thought he was 37 and did not give him a chance despite being only 27 at the time.
A photograph of Sitanshu Kotak (left) taken during the Ranji season
- During the 2007–08 Ranji season, Sitanshu scored an unbeaten 168 against Mumbai in a group stage match. He faced 543 balls and batted for 796 minutes (13 hours 16 minutes) in three days. Then Mumbai captain Amol Majumdar was so disappointed after the match that he said he needed a Kotak massage (meaning a long massage like the timing with which Kotak played).
- During the semi-final match against Mumbai in the 2008–09 Ranji Trophy, he batted for 5 hours 25 minutes and scored 89 runs from 211 balls. During the match, India’s great batsman Sachin Tendulkar reportedly told Sitanshu that he had heard that Kotak plays for long periods and tires the opposition. Tendulkar reportedly asked Kotak to play a shot and get out.
Sitanshu Kotak (left) with Sachin Tendulkar
- He had a very good relationship with BCCI secretary and Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) chief Niranjan Shah.
- Sitanshu once said in an interview that when he turned 30, he realized that he would not get any chance to play for India. This changed his mindset, and he became more flexible and wanted to show every bowler that even if he does not play for India, he has the same level of talent required to represent the country.
A picture of Sitanshu Kotak with his family when he was 30
- In an interview in 2013, Sitanshu had said that different franchise leagues have raised the financial status of players and BCCI has also increased the salaries of domestic players. He said that he did not have to worry about money because his father was a businessman; However, it was difficult for players to make money in the 1990s and early 2000s.
- In 2015, he was offered a coaching role at Warwickshire County by the club’s Elite Cricket Development Manager, Paul Greetham; However, he declined that role and continued coaching Saurashtra.
Sitanshu Kotak with Cheteshwar Pujara (left) when he was the coach of Saurashtra.
- Sitanshu claimed in an interview that he had received an offer to become a member of the coaching team from an IPL franchise in 2008; However, he declined the offer as he felt it was better to play rather than take up a coaching position.
Sitanshu Kotak with Ravindra Jadeja (left) when he played and rejected the IPL coaching offer in 2008
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