The Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pacer produced a sensational performance in the final over of their IPL 2023 match against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday to help his team win by five runs. Needing 11 runs to win off the final over, MI had the lead in the middle with Tim David and Cameron Green but left-arm seamer Mohsin did a fine job conceding only five runs in the final over under immense pressure.
Mohsin, who missed most of the last IPL season due to a shoulder injury, dedicated his performance to his ailing father, who was recently discharged from the ICU after 10 days. “It is a difficult time because I got injured playing after one year. My father got discharged from the ICU yesterday and he was in the hospital for the last 10 days and I did this for him, he must be watching,” he said at the post-match presentation.
“I am thankful to the team and the support staff, Gautam (Gambhir) sir, Vijay (Dahiya) sir for playing me this game even though I didn’t do well in the last game.”
Talking about his plan in the final over, Mohsin Khan said, ‘The plan was to execute what I did in practice. Even Krunal was talking to me and I told him the same.
“The run-up is the same, didn’t change it in the last over. I was trying to calm myself, didn’t look at the scoreboard and bowled 6 balls well. “Since the wicket was gripping, I tried the slower ball, but I bowled two of those and then turned to the yorker and it was reversing as well.”
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Mohsin Khan also revealed how a career-threatening injury let him down last season. “I went through a career-threatening injury. I realized at once that I might not play again. The doctors said that if I delayed that surgery by a month, they might have to amputate my hand. LSG Team supported me the most,’ Mohsin said.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag also praised Mohsin Khan’s brilliant final over. “Excellent last over from Mohsin. Saving 11 runs in the last over against Tim David and Green was a special effort. Last 3 overs with the ball proved costly for Mumbai,” Sehwag tweeted.
Superb last over from Mohsin. Saving 11 runs in the last over against Tim David and Green was a special effort. The last 3 overs with the ball proved costly for Mumbai. #LSGvMI– Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) May 16, 2023
Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma said that his team could not win small moments and lost the chase in the second half. “We didn’t play well enough to win the game. There were moments in the game that unfortunately we didn’t win.
Rohit said in the post-match presentation, “We assessed the pitch really well and it was a good pitch to bat on and that score was definitely chaseable and we were able to find our way into the second half of the innings.” got lost.”
Together Marcus Stoinis (89 off 47 balls) did a great jobMumbai looted 54 runs in the last three overs. He said, ‘We gave away a lot of runs at the back end and nothing went in the last three overs. But the way we started with the bat, we were in a good position to chase down the target, but as I said, we lost our way in the second half. He (Stoinis) played really well, kept hitting straight which is what you need to do on a pitch like this. It was a brilliant innings from him.