In 2022, Mohsin Khan produced such numbers that made no sense. Playing 9 games for Lucknow Super Giants, he picked up 14 wickets & finished with economy of 5.96.
No fast bowler in IPL had gone below a 6 economy with 10+ wickets in last 12 years. Not Bumrah, Not Bhuvi. A 6'3" left-armer from Sambhal had found a way to stop the run flow in a format built to punish bowlers.
Then his body turned on him. The artery in his bowling shoulder swelled & got fully blocked. Blood clots made his arm numb & blue. Doctors said waiting one more month could cost him his arm. Surgery came late in 2022. He gave up hope quietly, like you stop waiting for rain.
Most franchises would have ended his contract. But LSG didn’t. They kept paying his salary, got him the best treatment & waited. They treated him like an investment in patience, not a depreciating asset.
Mohsin had a guardian too; Mohammed Shami, from the same district of Moradabad (now Amroha), had opened his farmhouse to Mohsin during 2020 lockdown. He told him the gym may make you look strong, but it won’t make you a better bowler. That lesson stuck.
In 2026, things came full circle; Shami & Mohsin shared the new ball for their home state franchise at Ekana Stadium. Teacher & student. Same soil, same dream, now same team.
After SMAT 2024, Mohsin didn’t bowl in a single T20 anywhere. No leagues, no tournaments, nothing. Just rehab & waiting. His comeback began this season against Delhi Capitals, where his very first over was a maiden. A statement that the left arm still worked & the mind was sharper than before.
Today he wrote another incredible chapter. Facing Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, the 15 year old prodigy treating legendary bowlers like net practice, Mohsin bowled a maiden over. Six balls, zero runs & the final delivery looped to long-on from his miscued blade. The most exciting young batter in the tournament, dismissed without scoring in the over.
He ended his spell with 17/2 in 4 Overs. It was a man who nearly lost his arm reminding everyone what patience looks like. The boy from Sambhal is not just back, He is proving that some bouncebacks are steeper than the bounce he generates.
A skillful, hostile bowler from the West Indian stable of quicks in the 80s & 90s, there's no telling what his final career numbers would have looked like if not for injuries. He'd reached 100 Test wickets in only his 21st Test!
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