Kotian’s eight-for sets up Mumbai’s 10-wicket Ranji win over Haryana
Tanush Kotian took a career-best eight for 84 to set up Mumbai’s win over Haryana in their Ranji Trophy match at the Sharad Pawar Academy ground on Thursday, October 29, 2026.
Mumbai secured a third consecutive Ranji Trophy victory, with a bonus point, as the hosts continued their march towards regaining the title; Kotian finished with a match haul of 11 wickets as Haryana were dismissed for 256 just before tea.
Kotian opened the bowling from the pavilion end in the morning when Mumbai required eight wickets for victory and induced an early edge from Yashvardhan Dalal that Sarfaraz Khan held.
Himanshu Rana, who had retired hurt after being struck on the helmet the previous evening, returned to bat alongside Nishant Sindhu but soon fell to Kotian when one turned sharply into him and Saxena held a leg-slip catch.
Sindhu was dismissed at the stroke of lunch, inside-edging an audacious sweep which wicketkeeper Akash Anand caught, and although Samant Jakhar and Anuj Thakral batted for nearly two hours, the breakthrough came when Kotian, bowling over the wicket, turned one through Thakral’s defence to hit the stumps.
The collapse that followed allowed Kotian to register his career-best figures in the innings and match; Mumbai’s openers then chased the 97-run target in under 11 overs as Divyaansh Saxena (30 not out, 25b, 2x4, 2x6) and Angkrish Raghuvanshi (67 not out, 39b, 7x4, 3x6) attacked Haryana’s bowlers, Raghuvanshi using the reverse-sweep against left-arm spinner Sindhu and sealing the win with a six over midwicket off Kanishk Chouhan.
MUMBAI – 1st innings: 430. HARYANA – 1st innings: 270. HARYANA – 2nd innings: Ankit Kumar c Saxena b Kotian 12, Himanshu Rana c Saxena b Kotian 46, Nishant Sindhu c Anand b Kotian 44, Dheeru Singh c D’Souza b Musheer 2, Yashvardhan Dalal c Sarfaraz b Kotian 14, Parth Vats c Raghuvanshi b Kotian 24, Kanishk Chouhan c Lad b Musheer 18, Samant Jakhar b Kotian 40, Anuj Thakral (not out) 40, Ajith Chahal b Kotian 0, Aman Kumar b Kotian 2; Extras (b-5, lb-6, nb-1, w-2): 14; Total (in 85.3 overs): 256. Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-54, 3-75, 4-117, 5-128, 6-165, 7-167, 8-248, 9-248. MUMBAI bowling: Mulani 16-6-49-0, Kotian 34.3-7-81-8, Avasthi 3-1-11-0, D’Souza 3-0-8-0, Musheer 22-4-75-2, Deshpande 7-1-21-0. MUMBAI – 2nd innings: Divyaansh Saxena (not out) 30, Angkrish Raghuvanshi (not out) 67; Total (for no loss in 10.4 overs): 97. HARYANA bowling: Chouhan 4.4-1-0-30-0, Sindhu 5-0-53-0, Vats 1-0-14-0.
The result: Mumbai win by 10 wickets. Player of the Match: Musheer Khan.
