Left-arm pacer Mohsin Khan avoided a possible amputation of his bowling hand after approaching the doctor just in time, the Lucknow Super Giants cricketer revealed after a superb final over from him helped his team beat Mumbai Indians here on Tuesday.

Entrusted with the task to defend 11 runs in the deciding over, Mohsin gave away just five to help his team win the game and inch closer to the playoffs.

This, after the speedster underwent a surgery to remove blood clots in his bowling shoulder last year. The shoulder injury on his bowling hand kept him out of the Super Giants’ line-up for majority of the ongoing IPL season.

“It was a very tough time and I had given up hope of playing cricket at one point because I was not able to even lift my hand, forget bowling,” Mohsin said, recalling the time he was battling the injury.

“I was not able to straighten my hand. My physio had worked alongside me. It was quite scary as the doctor had said if I was late by another month, they would have had to amputate my hand,” he added.

The 24-year-old from Uttar Pradesh had a sensational season last year but missed the whole of the 2022-23 domestic season. “Regarding my injury, I would first like to say that no cricketer should go through such a suffering. It was quite strange as my artery was blocked, my nerve was blocked,” Mohsin said.

As if his injury wasn’t enough, Mohsin’s father suffered a brain stroke recently and was discharged from hospital only last Monday. “I had told him that he would get well and see me playing. He must have been very happy watching me play,” Mohsin said.