Following the win over Mumbai Indians (MI) in their Indian Premier League (IPL) match, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) pacer Mohsin Khan, who made his return to IPL in the second half of the tournament after an injury, dedicated his match-winning performance to his father, who he said was discharged from ICU after being hospitalized for 10 days.
Marcus Stoinis’s unbeaten knock of 89(47) and collective economical spells from LSG bowlers sealed a 5-run victory against MI at Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow on Tuesday. “The plan was to execute what I did in practice and I executed. Even Krunal (Pandya) was talking to me and I told him the same. The run-up is the same, did not change it in the last over. I was trying to calm myself down, not look at the scoreboard and bowl the six balls well. Since the wicket was gripping, I tried the slower ball, but I bowled two of those and then changed to the yorker and it was reversing as well,” said Mohsin in a post-match presentation.
“It has been a tough time as I was injured, playing after a year. My father got discharged from the ICU yesterday and he was in the hospital for the last 10 days I did it for him, he would have been watching. I am grateful to the team and the support staff, Gautam [Gambhir] sir, Vijay [Dahiya] sir for playing me in this game even though I did not do well last game,” added the bowler.
Mohsin has played three IPL 2023 games so far and has taken two wickets.
