Former India opener Kris Srikkanth has stated that Naman Dhir, who came in as a replacement for Washington Sundar as an off-spin all-rounder, has ended the Tamil Nadu cricketer’s chances of playing T20Is in the future. 

This comes after Naman Dhir’s impressive outings in ODIs against the West Indies and then picking up three wickets on his T20I debut against the Windies in Lucknow.

"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 said on his YouTube channel.

"When he bowls fast, he gets hit for sixes. So, he immediately slows the ball down, which shows that he's a very thoughtful bowler. He's ideal for T20 cricket. He bowls in such a way that he envisions himself batting and how one would bowl to him. That's how much of a thinking cricketer he looks to be. That's why he's an intelligent bowler,” he added.

Srikkanth further used Naman Dhir’s example to say that IPL’s Impact Player rule should be scrapped.

"This is why the Impact Player rule should be removed in the IPL. That's how you'll produce genuine all-rounders. Now you've got a good batting all-rounder in Naman Dhir. Today he bowled four overs, but even if he gives you two overs on a consistent basis, it'll be huge for India and MI.

He'll take loads of wickets even in the upcoming IPL. He must have bowled only 10 overs maximum in his IPL career, yet he bowled four overs today. He has everything, including luck,” Srikkanth added.

Dhir will be in action when India takes on the West Indies in the second T20I of the five-game series in Ranchi.