IPL 2025: Mumbai Indians' Naman Dhir enjoying his role of death-over batting

There is a thin line separating fearlessness and recklessness Deathover batters like Naman Dhir of Mumbai Indians have to waltz around this imaginary line every time they go out in the final overs to bat always mindful that their fearlessness does not turn into recklessness and harm their teams chancesAsked whether he is worried about failure when coming in to bat in the death overs and getting straight away playing his shots Dhir said if he starts thinking about failure he would not be able to execute his shotsThe team management has told me that I will bat in the death overs They said We will back you so you just go there and express yourself But at the same time there is a very thin line separating fearlessness and recklessness I have to maintain that and I try to maintain that whenever I go out to bat said Naman Dhir in the prematch press conferenceWhile minding about his role Naman Dhir also has to take into consideration the situation his team Mumbai Indians find themselves in ahead of their key clash with Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Wankhede Stadium on ThursdayWith four bottomdwelling teams in the Indian Premier League IPL 2025 points table clubbed together at four points Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad face off in Match 33 with a win absolutely crucial for both teamsBoth Mumbai Indians and Sunrisers Hyderabad get into Thursdays clash with a win in their previous match the wins coming in contrasting fashion Mumbai Indians registered a narrow 12run win over Delhi Capitals SRH hammered Punjab Kings by eight wickets chasing the highestever total of 2456As the two sides get ready for a crucial encounter Mumbai Indians batter Naman Dhir said they need to win more matches and will take it as their first match of the tournamentWe take every match as a fresh start and like you all know we need to win more matches So we are taking every match as if it were our first game of the tournament and we want to win every match So it is one match at a time for us said the NamanThe 25yearold righthanded batter and rightarm offbreak bowler said the win against DC was much needed for Mumbai and his team will take a lot of confidence from it Definitely the win was much needed and the way we came back in that match is incredible Good effort by the fielders and bowlers So that was definitely an overall MI winDhir also talked about the specific role assigned by the team that is to come in to bat in the death overs and bat aggressively and score as many as possible My role is very clear MJ head coach Mahela Jayawardene told me that you will bat in the death So I am doing that Apart from that one game in which Rohit bhai Rohit Sharma was injured I batted at No3Dhir said he has worked on his fielding and tries to give him 200 percent in the field in every match I am really enjoying my fielding Every day I try to give my 20037 and I hope I take more catches too said Naman who hails from Ambala in HaryanaDhir who plays for Punjab in domestic cricket and has scored 604 runs in 11 FirstClass matches said he keeps learning from the likes of Suryakumar Yadav and other senior batters in the Mumbai Indians lineup and gaining from their experiencesThe 25yearold plays as a toporder batter at the domestic level but has been assigned a different role in the IPL He said he was given the role of deathover batting soon after he was picked in the auction Soon after the auction I was told that I would bat at six or seven so I started preparing myself for that role since then Batting coach Pollard and captain Hardik and other seniors keep talking to me sharing their experiences I am learning from them how to approach different situations what shots could be played and when he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params