Former India player Aakash Chopra has said that Naman Dhir will be an important lower-middle-order batter for the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the IPL 2025 Qualifier 2 against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) as well. He added that the
youngster has played many important knocks this season, and he is known for his big-hitting ability as well.

In a video shared on his YouTube channel ‘Aakash Chopra,’ he said, “Who comes from No. 5 to No. 7? Nehal Wadhera, Shashank Singh and Marcus Stoinis come for the Punjab Kings. For the Mumbai Indians, you will get Hardik Pandya, Nehal Wadhera, and after that, Raj Angad Bawa. Raj Angad Bawa has come as a slight wildcard entry. The scales start tilting slightly in Punjab’s favour.”

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“Naman Dhir and Hardik Pandya are both critical components of this team. Naman Dhir has impressed a lot. He comes from Punjab only. He has played many crucial knocks, and he is a six-hitter,” he further added. “Hardik Pandya is the captain. His first half was good, and he was batting well in the last match as well. In fact, Mumbai won the match by 20 runs and he scored 22 runs in the last over. He hit three sixes. Raj Angad Bawa is still not tested. So they will fall slightly behind there.”

While talking about the Punjab Kings, Aakash Chopra stated that Nehal Wadhera (306 runs at a strike rate of 148.54 in 13 innings), Shashank Singh (287 runs at a strike rate of 147.17 in 12 innings) and Marcus Stoinis (152 runs
at a strike rate of 185.36 in nine innings) have done well in IPL 2025

“Nehal Wadhera – he has been good. He has consistently batted well. Along with him, Shashank Singh. Again, he bats well at the death and takes the game deep, and Marcus Stoinis, who has come back to form. All three got out in the last match, but we don’t have to look at the last match at all because no one scored runs. That is not a true reflection of how good these people are,” Aakash Chopra concluded.