Mohsin Khan

• Name — Mohsin Hassan Khan • Country — Pakistan • Full Name — Mohsin Hasan Khan • Born — 15 March 1955 • Birthplace — Karachi, Federal Capital Territory, Pakistan • Batting — Right-handed • Bowling — Right-arm medium • Role — Batsman • International — true • Internationalspan — 1977–1986 • Testdebutdate — 18 January • Testdebutyear — 1980 • Testdebutagainst — England • Testcap — 79 • Lasttestdate — 20 November • Lasttestyear — 1986 • Lasttestagainst — West Indies • Odidebutdate — 16 March • Odidebutyear — 1977 • Odidebutagainst — West Indies • Odicap — 17 • Lastodidate — 2 December • Lastodiyear — 1986 • Lastodiagainst — India • Club1 — Pakistan Railways B • Year1 — 1970 • Club2 — Pakistan Railways A • Year2 — 1971 • Club3 — Karachi Blues • Year3 — 1972–1973 • Club4 — Karachi Whites • Year4 — 1973–1974 • Club5 — Sind • Year5 — 1974–1978 • Club6 — Habib Bank Limited • Year6 — 1975–1986 • Columns — 4 • Column1 — Test • Matches1 — 48 • Runs1 — 2,709 • Bat Avg1 — 37.10 • 100s 50s1 — 7/14 • Top Score1 — 200 • Deliveries1 — 86 • Wickets1 — 0 • Bowl Avg1 — – • Fivefor1 — – • Tenfor1 — – • Best Bowling1 — – • Catches Stumpings1 — 34/– • Column2 — ODI • Matches2 — 75 • Runs2 — 1,877 • Bat Avg2 — 26.81 • 100s 50s2 — 6/16 • Top Score2 — 128* • Deliveries2 — 12 • Wickets2 — 1 • Bowl Avg2 — 5.00 • Fivefor2 — 0 • Tenfor2 — 0 • Best Bowling2 — 1/2 • Catches Stumpings2 — 13/– • Column3 — FC • Matches3 — 192 • Runs3 — 11,274 • Bat Avg3 — 38.87 • 100s 50s3 — 31/40 • Top Score3 — 246 • Deliveries3 — 1,128 • Wickets3 — 14 • Bowl Avg3 — 39.14 • Fivefor3 — 0 • Tenfor3 — 0 • Best Bowling3 — 2/13 • Catches Stumpings3 — 141/– • Column4 — LA • Matches4 — 117 • Runs4 — 3,077 • Bat Avg4 — 29.58 • 100s 50s4 — 16/36 • Top Score4 — 119 • Deliveries4 — 116 • Wickets4 — 4 • Bowl Avg4 — 26.50 • Fivefor4 — 0 • Tenfor4 — 0 • Best Bowling4 — 1/0 • Catches Stumpings4 — 32/– • Date — 21 August • Year — 2012 • Source — https: cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1544/1544.html CricketArchive

Born in Karachi to a father who was an officer in the Pakistan Navy and a United States-educated mother who was a teacher and vice-principal, Mohsin excelled at sports early on, in tennis, swimming and cricket, and even went on to become junior badminton champion of Pakistan. Mohsin married Bollywood film actress Reena Roy in 1983. He divorced Roy in the 1990s and gained custody of their daughter, Sanam. He later remarried and lost custody of the daughter. Mohsin currently lives in Karachi, Pakistan and his daughter, Sanam, now lives with her mother in India.

Playing as the opener for Pakistan against India at Lahore in 1982–83, he scored 101 not out in Pakistan's second-innings total of 135/1. This is the lowest team score in Test cricket to have included a century. Mohsin was one of a minority of South Asian players to come to terms with conditions in Australia and England, scoring two consecutive centuries in Australia in 1983/84 and becoming the first Pakistani batsman to score a Test double century at Lord's, which he did earlier in 1982. Writing in 1998 for Dawn News, Lateef Jafri called him a "tall and elegant-looking opener" and that he "was a delightful stroke-maker and perhaps none could hit the ball with such abandon and success all round the wicket." In 2020, sportswriter Shamya Dasgupta listed Mohsin among Pakistan's five most stylish batsmen, noting that he retired at 31 to pursue acting in India and highlighting his performance on the 1983–84 tour of Australia, where he scored 390 runs at 43.33 against a pace attack including Dennis Lillee, Geoff Lawson, Rodney Hogg and Carl Rackemann; Dasgupta argues that his height, technique against bounce, and elegance set him apart and that a longer career would have further benefited Pakistan. In 2020, Wisden ranked Mohsin and Mudassar Nazar ninth among the best opening partnerships, noting their 54 Test innings together at an average stand of 39.55 (1981–86). The piece characterizes Mudassar as technically orthodox and durable, and Mohsin as stylish and fluent, arguing that their steady accumulation, rather than expansive stroke-play, made them a dependable pairing that helped signal Pakistan's future approach.

On 2 March 2010, Mohsin Khan was named Iqbal Qasim's successor as chief selector of the Pakistan national cricket team. He accepted the role turned down by former Captain Saeed Anwar. Mohsin was Pakistan's fourth chief of selectors in the 12 months of 2009–10. He was appointed as interim coach of the Pakistan team on 3 October 2011 while the PCB formed a committee to search for a certified coach. Mohsin Khan was removed as interim coach once Dav Whatmore was selected as Pakistan's permanent coach in early 2012. Since being removed as interim coach, Mohsin Khan has applied for the coaching position on several occasions without any success. He is currently based in Karachi and can be seen on various private TV channels.

Mohsin had a brief career as an actor in the Indian film industry, starting with J P Dutta's 1989 film Batwara. His biggest success in Bollywood was Mahesh Bhatt's crime thriller Saathi (1991), co-starring Aditya Pancholi and Varsha Usgaonkar. He also acted in several films in Pakistan in the 1990s, where he was considered "integral to the mini-revival of Lollywood", with hits such as Haathi Mere Saathi (1993) and Ghunghat (1996).

• Year — Title — Role — Country — Notes • 1989 — Batwara — Thakur Rajendra Singh — India — Film debut; Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor • 1991 — Fateh — Salim • Gunehgar Kaun — Inspector Ravi Kumar • Pratikar — Inspector Suraj Singh • Saathi — Amar — Best-known film as lead role • 1992 — Laat Saab — C.B.I. Inspector Jayant Mathur • 1993 — Jannat — Pakistan • Insaniyat • Haathi Mere Saathi • 1994 — Madam X — Inspector Vijay — India • Beta — Pakistan • 1996 — Ghunghat — Kamal • Kurrion Ko Daley Dana • 1997 — Mahaanta — Raj Malhotra — India