Who is Naman Dhir, Mumbai's new No. 3?

Mumbai Indians have played some of the most iconic T20 batters at No. 3 over the years, from Suryakumar Yadav to Rohit Sharma to Cameron Green. On Sunday night against Gujarat Titans, out walked Naman Dhir at No. 3 when Ishan Kishan fell in the first over of the chase of 169. It was only the 6th T20 round of Dhar's expert profession and he is yet to play a 50-over game in homegrown cricket. What was he doing in the IPL then for the five-time champions? Purchased for INR 20 lakh at the last closeout, Dhir is the most recent obscure substance from MI's exploring stable. He is 24, a hard-hitting player from Punjab. Known for hitting enormous sixes down the ground, his four T20 innings before this had procured him only 39 runs since his T20 debut a couple of months prior in November, with a high score of 17. For Punjab as well, he has generally batted at No. 3 in his juvenile vocation up to this point. In the Ranji Prize, he has two centuries from 20 innings - both from last season - from 14 games for a normal of 30.21. It was in the Sher-e-Punjab T20 Cup - a state T20 association coordinated by the Punjab Cricket Affiliation - in August last year that he made himself saw with his hitting takes advantage of. In 12 innings in that competition, Dhir crushed 466 runs (second-most noteworthy) at a strike pace of 192.56 while averaging 42.36. He scored two centuries en route - 127 off 56 and 105 off 44 - which incorporated a sum of 30 sixes. On Sunday, he smoked three consecutive fours against Afghanistan's Azmatullah Omarzai and a six in the equivalent over. Dhir lobbed the primary wad of the third over mid-off, the second over midwicket and the third (after a wide) for a one-bob four to the square-leg limit. A dab ball later, Dhir pummeled a half-volley over lengthy off for a 86-meter six. Omarzai, notwithstanding, retaliated on the last wad of the over by catching Dhir lbw with the assistance of a survey. "He emerged and he was extremely expressive. Again that flung shot, you must be amped up for these things," Kieron Pollard, Mumbai batting mentor, said after the match. "I thought he brought much more to the table, his serenity in any event, when we lost that first wicket, to proceed with that expectation is a decent beginning for him. This is just the beginning, toward the finish of it he scored 20 odd, we should give him that space, let him partake in the occasion, it's a major event for these folks. As an establishment we'll keep on uncovering new ability. Later on we can go on with progression as we come. "Credit to the scouts, every one of the folks who work in the background to uncover such ability inside in India. He was one on our radar. He has been in the Mumbai arrangement over the most recent few months, going to Britain on a formative visit. Along these lines, it's something we would've found in that person." Mumbai would have figured Dhir took care of his business with a 10-ball 20, however they in the long run missed the mark by only six runs eventually.