Step back in time to March 12, 1982, as we relive a vintage batting display by Mohsin Hasan Khan at the National Stadium, Karachi. In the 1st ODI against Sri Lanka, Mohsin opened the innings and played a majestic knock of 85 runs off 91 balls, studded with 9 beautiful boundaries.
Pakistan chased down Sri Lanka’s target of 171 in just 29.2 overs, winning the match by 8 wickets. Mohsin Khan’s fluent and confident strokeplay earned him the Man of the Match award and firmly stamped his presence as a top-order maestro in Pakistan’s ODI journey.
This innings is a true reflection of elegance, timing, and composure — a must-watch for every cricket lover who cherishes the golden era of the game.
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00:04Pakistan was up against Sri Lanka in the first ODI and chasing a modest target of 171.
00:10It was Mohsin Khan who stole the show with a sublime knob.
00:14Opening the innings, he crafted a majestic 85 of 91 deliveries, laced with nine exquisite
00:20boundaries.
00:21Calm, composed and clinical, Mohsin Khan anchored the chase with finances.
00:26Pakistan hunted down the target in just 29.2 hours, clinching the victory by eight wickets.
00:32The fluent right-hander was rightly named man of the match for his match-winning effort
00:37at the top.
00:38This knock remains one of the most elegant chase in Pakistan's early ODI history.
00:43So step back into the golden era of cricket, relive the vintage flair and watch Mohsin
00:48Khan in full flow.
00:49Pakistan required a run rate of 5.18, almost 5.2 runs per hour to get 172 in 33 overs.
01:01The third man right on the boundary, Muddy Valley, that's back to the point, 30 mini, cover, dash,
01:13mid-off, Varnapura, the two slips, second run up in the gate, first, Mindis, Jaisa to the
01:18hand with some, step-night 80 motion.
01:20That's going to be four runs for the third man boundary.
01:26That's a quick single, a gentle shot towards mid-wicket Ajit Koshilva coming in from a deeper
01:41position.
01:42One more to Mohsin goes to seven, one more to Pakistan, but it is 14 for no loss.
01:474X6.
01:48That's my gate to Mohsin.
01:51One more to Mohsin.
01:52Single down towards the cover region, misfielding there by a dash.
02:02I wonder if there was the quota also.
02:06Flips away nicely off his toes towards treatment wikits.
02:07He flips away nicely, off his toes towards treatment wickets, Ajitya Selvastavik.
02:14There comes his first, first glance to the computer sector.
02:19Two more runs to motion, into double-fidder, smash-10.
02:22He is now in India and Mansour Mosul-Kham.
02:38This is the middle of the computer of Swabshula.
02:44Then we want to work with two rounds.
02:47And we are doing the same thing for the person who is going across.
02:51No problem with motion time.
02:53This is a good time.
02:55This is a good time to take away.
02:58I put the single round and leave.
03:03The wind is doing right now.
03:04No problem with motion time.
03:07It was a good game, it was in the move and it was a good game and it was a good game.
03:15Mohsin Khan had a leg drive to it in the last few moments.
03:19Mohsin Khan has taken three runs.
03:22Mohsin Khan has a great understanding of Mansoor Akhtar and Mohsin Khan.
03:28Mohsin Khan is playing with Mohsin Khan.
03:33I felt it was a good game.
03:36Mohsin Khan has carried away the line.
03:40Mohsin was driving the line,
03:42Mohsin had put it in间 of two areas.
03:45Mohsin Khan has an edge of a line and he has a boundary line.
03:48Mohsin Khan has also carried away 12 in hand.
03:54The Khalip Khan in the previous year,
03:57Mohsin Khan has been used for 44.
04:00Muslim Khan back and forth.
04:06It was very short and it was a long time ago,
04:12and it was two rounds in Muslim Khan.
04:17Muslim Khan was in Swar, Kavish, Pakistan,
04:22and there is no way to go.
04:32We are getting a game to play with motion.
04:40We have taken a very good angle.
04:42We are getting a very good angle.
04:45Mansoor Aftar has been back in a few days.
04:50You can see that there is no place in this place.
04:53The place is not in the middle,
04:55but the place is also in the middle.
04:58The building is also in the middle.
05:01The building is a building.
05:04The building is a building.
05:07The building is a building.
05:10The building is a building.
05:13We have the silver, the silver, the silver, the lectionary.
05:33Most of us find me.
05:35One here, square, is even 20th year, or 8th one near Rafa,
05:41the second ball which he delivered in the winnings when he told Mansurakchak.
05:48Not dissimilar in height and depth to Ajit Kishildas,
05:53he also left Sambola.
06:05He's easily there, he's taken out to that marker, shielding it long on.
06:17One more to motion, he goes on to 36th.
06:32Just away once it's way, down to long legs.
06:35It's going to be forearms.
06:45Four feet, square legs.
06:50Open just to single.
06:53The wrong one there, played out to use a studio at mid-wicket, the Bucksman takes one.
07:06The Bucksman takes the road down to the mill, a deep-scale leg.
07:11Mason gets another single, he goes to 43, Pakistan to 91.
07:15The Bucksman takes the road down to the mill, a deep-scale leg.
07:18Mason gets another single, he goes to 43, Pakistan to 91.
07:21The Bucksman takes the road down to the mill, a deep-scale leg.
07:25He goes to the mill, a deep-scale leg.
07:27Mason gets another single, he goes to 43, Pakistan to 91.
07:30He gets another single, he goes to 43, Pakistan to 91.
07:33He has one block by Iran.
07:35Pakistan's total is 830 and 8-6.
07:40Ananatunga is the medium to gain.
07:42We are moving from both sides.
07:44The Bucksman takes a straight leg and it's the 1st of the mill.
07:54But we kind of get another right and I've moved.
07:59The Bucksman is the first too.
08:03So the Bucksman takes a straight leg and will then swap along to the Bucksman.
08:06Mason has a strong glide.
08:09Our boundary lines are sealed, they are very heavy satire, our 8 runs, Gaigasa.
08:14Most of the time, the Bhatsa runs in Saragi, our Yavegina Bhatran 139, which is that's it.
08:25They now require 33 runs to win in 8 overs.
08:29The rates required slightly over 4 runs, forever.
08:34The mass at the moment looks very much in Pakistan's style.
08:38Perera, who is deprecising as the first man for Varanapura, the Sri Lankan one more, is about 141.
08:51Vigisuria to motion.
08:54That's running down towards Pine Lake, Perera again, this time showing at the bale again.
08:59That was off the pad, a leg barge.
09:03Vigisuria to motion.
09:07Out towards Long On, Madhugale coming in from a deeper position.
09:12Down towards Deep Lid On, Rekmaito coming in from Long On to feel.
09:17Two more to motion.
09:18Under these 4 to 6, Pakistan.
09:19Mursang Khan now is coming to pass.
09:20Two more to motion.
09:21Under these 4 to 6, Pakistan.
09:22Mursang Khan now is coming to pass.
09:23Two more to motion.
09:24Under these 4 to 6, Pakistan.
09:25Mursang Khan now is coming to pass.
09:26Two more to motion.
09:27Under these 4 to 6, Pakistan.
09:28Mursang Khan now is coming to pass.
09:29That's 2, the mid-wicket region.
09:30Mursang Khan now is coming to pass.
09:31That's 2, the mid-wicket region.
09:32Mursang Khan now is coming to pass.
09:36That's 2, the mid-wicket region.
09:37Mursang Khan is coming to pass.
09:38That's 2, the mid-wicket region.
09:40Mursang Khan is coming to pass.
09:41Mursang Khan now is coming to pass.
09:42Mursang Khan is coming to pass.
09:49That's 2, the mid-wicket region.
09:55Mursang Khan is going to pass.
09:57Mursang Khan is coming to pass.
10:00That's 2, the mid-wicket region.
10:03Mursang Khan is coming to pass.
10:09The running between the wickets was seen by these two, not on the board as yet, just coming up on the scoreboard.
10:17Pakistan, one hundred and fifty for one, these two have now put on ninety-eight.
10:23So, Radhantanga, it's a motion.
10:26Into the mid-off region, Dijasuria, the field.
10:31Dijasuria is the only Sri Lankan bowler to have completed his score towards eight overs.
10:35Eight overs, no maidens, one for forty-eighths.
10:45Flicked away, down towards deep square legs.
10:49Somachandra at the silver, shielding there.
10:52Twenty-one runs now required in six overs.
10:57The so far scored one hundred and fifty-one in twenty seven overs.
11:02At the rate of five points, five nine three runs per hour.
11:16Radhantanga towards deep mid-wicket, gonna be four runs.
11:21No stop in that one.
11:25A stop of confidence, authority and assurance.
11:31The motion found.
11:32Not as eighty-three, one hundred and fifty-five for one part of time.
11:41We should be looking for a single or a three.
11:44Two deliveries to come.
11:49We'll have to make it in motion.
11:56Tucked away, down towards deep mid-wicket.
11:58The batsman has taken two.
12:00Madhigali reaching the ball from deep mid on.
12:03Lovely return from him.
12:0552 near that.
12:06A blank against the name of Radha.
12:07He hasn't opened it yet.
12:08Last pair out at 1.57 for 85 was Mohsin Khan.
12:18Mohsin Khan, born on March 15, 1955, in Karachi.
12:22He was distinguished right-handed opening baseman for Pakistan during the late 1970s and 1980s.
12:29He was renowned for his elegant stroke play and compare at Takhris.
12:33Mohsin Khan formed a formidable opening partnership with Mudassar Nazar, complementing patience with his own flair and timing.
12:41In Wanda International, Mohsin Khan represented Pakistan in 75 matches from 1977 to 1986.
12:48Throughout his ODI career, he amassed 1,877 runs at an average of 26.81, with a strike rate of 55.65.
12:58His highest score in ODI was an unbeaten 117, and he recorded two centuries and eight half centuries.
13:06Mohsin Khan's ability to anchor the innings and accelerate when needed made him a valuable asset in Pakistan's batting lineup during the formative years of ODI history.
13:16Beyond ODIs, Mohsin Khan had a significant impact in Test cricket, playing 48 matches and scoring 2,709 runs at an average of 37.10.
13:26He achieved seven centuries and nine half centuries in Test, with a top score of 200, becoming the first Pakistani best man to score a double century at Lord's.
13:36After retiring from international cricket, Mohsin Khan ventured into acting and later returned to cricket in administrative roles, including serving as a selector for the Pakistan Cricket Board and an interim coach for the national team.
13:50Mohsin Khan's contributions to Pakistan cricket, both on and off the field, have left a lasting legacy, inspiring future generations of cricketers.
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