‘Selectors should be keenly watching Mohsin Khan’: Left-armer impresses former India think-tank member

In four matches, he has taken 9 wickets, including a five-for, all at a stupendous economy rate of 6.38. Against KKR on Sunday, he picked up IPL 2026's first five-for (5/23).

Bangar, who was also the batting coach of the Indian team from 2014-19, says the fact that the 27-year-old bowls left-arm makes him all the more special. There are not many good quick left-armers in Indian cricket, maybe with the exception of Arshdeep Singh — but then he isn’t that quick.

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"It's been a long time, and it’s just a matter of regaining that prime fitness because he is one player with that particular skillset that we do not really have that much in quantity in terms of Indian talent. We have plenty of batters, but one thing that we lack is a left-arm variety," he said on an ESPNcricinfo show.

"I believe if you look at the pack that we have, in terms of the left-arm seamers, he impresses the most because the extra bounce that he gets, the ability to hit that length, and he's got a heavy ball, that's what they always say. So he's got all the makings of a wonderful left-arm seamer, and that is something the selectors should be keenly watching," he added.

"I liked it when he came back for that 11th over. Pant gave him the over, and he came in knowing it was an attacking over. I need to get wickets and go all out. I think it was a double-wicket over and essentially ensured that there wouldn't be any consolidation through that phase.

“I think he assessed the pitch well, and he realised his role, his role is to come back and get wickets, he attacked, and he attacked well. But he set it up by being really disciplined in the beginning," Bangar concluded.

India travel to Ireland for two T20Is in June before they go to England for a full white-ball tour. If Mohsin continues performing like this, his chances of getting selected are very high, make no mistake.

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