Mohsin Khan (Pakistani actor and cricketer)

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Mohsin Hassan Khan
Personal information
Full name
Mohsin Hasan Khan
Born (1955-03-15) 15 March 1955 (age 70)
Karachi, Federal Capital Territory, Pakistan
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 79)18 January 1980 v England
Last Test20 November 1986 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 17)16 March 1977 v West Indies
Last ODI2 December 1986 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1970Pakistan Railways B
1971Pakistan Railways A
1972–1973Karachi Blues
1973–1974Karachi Whites
1974–1978Sind
1975–1986Habib Bank Limited
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 48 75 192 117
Runs scored 2,709 1,877 11,274 3,077
Batting average 37.10 26.81 38.87 29.58
100s/50s 7/14 6/16 31/40 16/36
Top score 200 128* 246 119
Balls bowled 86 12 1,128 116
Wickets 0 1 14 4
Bowling average – 5.00 39.14 26.50
5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0
10 wickets in match – 0 0 0
Best bowling – 1/2 2/13 1/0
Catches/stumpings 34/– 13/– 141/– 32/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 August 2012

Mohsin Hasan Khan (Urdu: محسن حسن خان; born 15 March 1955) is a Pakistani cricket coach, former actor and former cricketer who played in 48 Test matches and 75 One Day Internationals between 1977 and 1986 mainly as an opening batsman.

Early and personal life

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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.[1]

Mohsin married Bollywood movie star Reena 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 in Karachi, Pakistan and his daughter, Sanam, now lives with her mother in India. He had named his daughter Jannat, but she is now called Sanam.

Cricket career

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International career

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Playing as the opener for Pakistan against India at Lahore in 1982–83, he scored 101 not 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 at Lord'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 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.[5]

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 strokeplay, made them a dependable pairing that helped signal Pakistan’s future approach.[6]

Cricket administration

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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.[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 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, continuously looking for a role with the PCB.

Acting career

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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.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Country Notes
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

References

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  1. ^ Richard Heller and Peter Oborne, White on Green: A Portrait of Pakistan Cricket, Simon and Schuster (2016), chapter 22
  2. ^ Lowest Innings Totals to Include a Century, CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 September 2006.
  3. ^ Cricinfo – Players and Officials – Mohsin Khan
  4. ^ Cricinfo – Statsguru – Mohsin Khan – Test Batting – Career summary
  5. ^ Dasgupta, Shamya (10 August 2020). "Pakistan's five most stylish batsmen". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  6. ^ Afford, Andy; Seal, Chris (26 November 2020). "The Ten: Best opening partnerships ever". Wisden. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  7. ^ Mohsin Khan becomes Pakistan team's chief selector
  8. ^ Mohsin Khan appointed interim coach
  9. ^ "Crossing the barriers". The Tribune.
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