After the first T20I, 1983 World Cup winner Krishnamachari Srikkanth was impressed with Dhir. Naman Dhir has had an impressive T20I debut series so far. Dhir has impressed with his bowling in the ongoing T20I series against the West Indies While he primarily played as a batter for the Mumbai Indians in the IPL. He took three wickets in the first T20I and scalped two in the third. He came in as a replacement for Washington Sundar . “Naman Dhir has now come in at Washington Sundar’s place as a replacement player. Washington Sundar keeps getting injured after every two matches. Now Naman Dhir has come in as his replacement and finished him. How can you drop Naman Dhir now from ODIs and T20Is? He has immediately grabbed that spot. Now Washington Sundar can only play for India in Test cricket,” Srikkanth was quoted as saying by Sportskeeda on his YouTube channel.
But I thought he showed all the signs of a bowler who is ready to step up and learn,” he said. “He is not a regular frontline off-spinner, but there has been significant improvement in his bowling, and he is bowling fearlessly. I really like what he is doing. He is emerging as another option for India as an off-spinning all-rounder. Let’s leave out Kamil Pooran ‘s wicket, as that came towards the end after a big over.
He was a little expensive yesterday, but he picked up Shimron Hetmyer ‘s wicket, which was a crucial breakthrough.
