Sitanshu Kotak is a former Saurashtra batsman, who is a promient figure in the India's first class circuit. This will not be Kotak's first stint with the Indian Cricket Team, he acted as the head coach in the T20 series against Ireland in 2023,

Former Saurashtra batter Sitanshu Kotak is set to join the Indian team as their batting coach ahead of the upcoming white-ball series against England.

Sitanshu Kotak is set to join the Indian team as the batting coach ahead of the white-ball series against England. The former Saurashtra player, has coached the Indian team before when Rahul Dravid was on a break.

Kotak has been head coach of several India A tours, and served as assistant coach to Laxman during the Ireland T20Is, and has been a batting coach at the NCA since 2019

The Indian team’s abysmal batting performances in the past few months that led to a historic 3-0 whitewash against New Zealand at home before surrendering the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the first time in a decade,

Kotak flew to Australia with the India A side in November 2024 and is currently the head coach of the India A team.

BCCI has asked Sitanshu Kotak to join India squad as their batting coach. Sitanshu will join the India squad from the T20I series against England

The India batters have experienced a tough time with the bat in the last few series which were played both at home and away as well. This has led to the coaching staff getting a lot of backlash after the performances in red-ball cricket in Australia and a whitewash against New Zealand in particular.