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| Full name | Mohsin Hasan Khan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1955-03-15)15 March 1955 (age 70) Karachi,Federal Capital Territory,Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 79) | 18 January 1980 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 20 November 1986 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 17) | 16 March 1977 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 2 December 1986 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | Pakistan Railways B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971 | Pakistan Railways A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1973 | Karachi Blues | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Karachi Whites | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1978 | Sind | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1986 | Habib Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mohsin Hasan Khan (Urdu: محسن حسن خان; born 15 March 1955) is a Pakistani cricket coach, former actor and formercricketer who played in 48Test matches and 75One Day Internationals between 1977 and 1986 mainly as anopening batsman.
Born inKarachi to a father who was an officer in thePakistan Navy and aUnited 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.[1]
Mohsin marriedBollywood movie starReena Roy in 1983. He divorced Roy in the 1990s and gained custody of their daughter, Sanam. He later remarried and lost the custody of the daughter. Mohsin currently lives inKarachi,Pakistan and his daughter, Sanam, now lives with her mother inIndia. He had named his daughter Jannat, but she is now called Sanam.
Playing as the opener forPakistan againstIndia atLahore in 1982–83, he scored 101not out of Pakistan's second-innings total of 135/1. This is the lowest team score in Test cricket to have included a century.[2]
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[3] and becoming the first Pakistani batsman to score a Test double century atLord's, which he did earlier in 1982.[4]
Sportswriter Shamya Dasgupta lists Mohsin among Pakistan’s 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 includingDennis Lillee,Geoff Lawson,Rodney Hogg andCarl Rackemann; Dasgupta argues that his height, technique against bounce, and elegance set him apart and that a longer career would have further benefited Pakistan.[5]
Wisden ranked Mohsin andMudassar 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 strokeplay, made them a dependable pairing that helped signal Pakistan’s future approach.[6]
On 2 March 2010, Mohsin Khan was namedIqbal Qasim's successor as chief selector of thePakistan national cricket team. He accepted the role turned down by former CaptainSaeed Anwar. Mohsin was Pakistan's fourth chief of selectors in the 12 months of 2009–10.[7] 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.[8] Mohsin Khan was removed as interim coach onceDav 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, continuously looking for a role with the PCB.
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Mohsin had a brief career as an actor in theIndian film industry, starting withJ P Dutta's 1989 filmBatwara. His biggest success inBollywood wasMahesh Bhatt's crime thrillerSaathi (1991), co-starringAditya Pancholi andVarsha Usgaonkar. He also acted in several films inPakistan in the 1990s.
| Year | Title | Role | Country | Notes |
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| 1989 | Batwara | Thakur Rajendra Singh | India | Film debut; Nominated –Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor[9] |
| 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 |
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