Youthful brother of Sarfaraz Khan, who made his India debut in a Check match towards England earlier this 12 months, Musheer honed his abilities on the well-known Azad Maidan in Mumbai underneath the tutelage of his father, Naushad Khan, who himself has performed first-class cricket.
A batting allrounder, who bowls left-arm spin, Musheer broke his elder brother Sarfaraz’s file of being the youngest participant to debut within the Kanga League on the age of simply 8 years. Sarfaraz held the file earlier when he performed his first Kanga League sport as a 10-year-old. Nonetheless, it was Musheer’s bowling and 25 wickets that earned him fame.
Constant performances by means of age-group cricket bought Musheer into the Mumbai squad for the U19 Cooch Behar Trophy in 2022. The match turned out to be the launchpad for him to get into the Ranji Trophy squad.
With 632 runs and 32 wickets, Musheer was named the ‘Participant of the Event’, and it grew to become his entry level to first-class cricket.
He made his Ranji Trophy debut within the 2022-23 season however did not impress and was dropped for the final league match. However the right-handed batsman responded in type.
Enjoying the U-25 CK Nayudu Trophy in January 2023, Musheer hammered 339 runs off 367 balls towards Hyderabad, smashing 34 fours and 9 sixes in complete.
Later in 2023, he scored a century (139) for India B within the remaining of the U19 One Day Challenger Trophy in Guwahati and likewise took three wickets.
These performances earned him a spot first within the U-19 India squad for the Asia Cup after which for the 2024 U-19 World Cup in South Africa.
With 360 runs in seven matches, Musheer was India’s second highest scorer within the U-19 World Cup — solely behind skipper Uday Saharan. His left-arm spin fetched him seven wickets.
Grown in confidence, Musheer scored a double century (203) in Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy quarterfinal towards Baroda when his crew had its again to the wall.
He upped his efficiency and credentials a number of notches increased within the Ranji remaining towards Vidarbha by scoring a century within the high-pressure match. At 19 years outdated, Musheer grew to become the youngest Mumbai participant to attain a century in a Ranji Trophy remaining.
His newest heroics, a preventing 181 off 373 balls towards India A within the ongoing first-round match of the Duleep Trophy in Bengaluru, have additional highlighted his repute as a batsman to be careful for.
India B had been reeling at 94 for 7 on day one when Navdeep Saini got here in to affix Musheer. The duo added an unimaginable 205 runs for the eighth wicket earlier than Musheer was dismissed by Kuldeep Yadav.
The knock might or might not earn him a spot in India’s squad for the upcoming two-match Check sequence, however the day does not appear far when he’ll don the India jersey, presumably alongside his brother Sarfaraz.
