India, April 28 -- Former India pacer Irfan Pathan believes fitness remains the only hurdle between injury-prone left-arm seamer Mohsin Khan and an India debut.

The 27-year-old from Uttar Pradesh, standing at 6ft 3in, has been in impressive form, picking up nine wickets in his last four matches, including a five-wicket haul for 23 runs against Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday.

Highlighting Mohsin's ability to strike in maiden overs, JioStar expert Pathan said: "...whenever he bowls a maiden over, he always ensures to get the wicket of the batter. He did the same thing against Vaibhav Sooryavanshi last time and now against Tim Seifert; the same plan worked.

"When he dismissed Seifert, a run was taken through a leg bye, but Mohsin bowled ...