It is understood that Mohsin, who plays for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket, tore the anterior cruciate ligament tear (ACL) on his right knee on December 31 while playing the Vijay Hazare Trophy. While Mohsin had joined the LSG camp recently in Lucknow, it is learned the left-arm fast bowler did not travel with the squad to Visakhapatnam.
The development will come as a setback for both LSG and Mohsin, who had survived a career-threatening shoulder injury after IPL 2022 but recovered fully and played the entire 2024 season. It is understood that Mohsin is currently doing rehab and will work with LSG support staff to chalk out a plan to make a comeback.
Consequently, Thakur, who had a successful domestic season with Mumbai having recovered after a foot surgery, signed as an overseas player for Essex to play in county cricket. It is learned that Thakur had already alerted Essex that he would take up the offer if any IPL franchise needed a replacement player.
LSG will consider themselves unfortunate considering none of their four first-choice Indian fast bowlers are currently fit. Apart from Mohsin, the trio of Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan and Akash Deep are unavailable. All the three fast bowlers are currently doing rehab at BCCI’s Centre of Excellence in Bengaluru, recovering from various injuries.
While Mayank continues his rehab on a lower-back stress injury, Avesh is understood to be recovering from niggles in his right knee that are believed to be workload related. Akash Deep, who last featured for India when he played the fourth Test on the Australia tour, is also recovering from stress injury in his lower back. There is no official update on when each of the three will be ready to make a comeback, but it is understood Avesh could be back in a week subject to him clearing fitness tests next week.
