Naman Dhir (born 31 December 1999) is an Indian cricketer who plays as an all-rounder for the India national cricket team, for Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and for Punjab in Indian domestic cricket. Dhir made his debut for Punjab in the Ranji Trophy in December 2022, and was bought by MI in the 2024 IPL auction. He made his ODI debut for India in 2026.
Biography Dhir was born on 31 December 1999 in Ambala. After playing cricket while in school, Dhir became the first player from Faridkot to play for Punjab's under-16 and under-25 teams. In early 2022, after being overlooked for selection for four years due to Faridkot being considered a minor district, Dhir considered giving up his cricket career, applying for Canadian permanent residency and moving to Edmonton, where his sister lived. At this time, his father urged him to play for another year. In December that year, Dhir became the first player from Faridkot to play for Punjab in the Ranji Trophy.
In August 2023, Dhir played in the Sher-e-Punjab Cup, a state league run by the Punjab Cricket Association. He played 12 innings in the tournament and finished as its second-highest scorer with 466 runs, scored at a batting average of 42.36 with a strike rate of 192.56, including two centuries and a total of 30 sixes. In the 202324 domestic season, Dhir scored two centuries for Punjab in the Ranji Trophy and made his official T20 debut in November 2023. He won the 2023–24 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy with Punjab. In the 2024 IPL auction, Mumbai Indians bought Dhir for .
Dhir made his debut for MI on 24 March 2024 against Gujarat Titans in Ahmedabad. Batting at no. 3, he hit Azmatullah Omarzai for three fours and a six in an over and finished with 20 runs off 10 balls. He went on to play seven games for MI in the 2024 IPL, and finished the tournament with 140 runs at an average of 23.33 and a strike rate of 177.21, including a top score of 62 not out off 28 balls against Lucknow Super Giants in Mumbai. He was retained by MI using a right-to-match (RTM) card for 5.25 crore in the 2025 IPL auction after attracting interest from four other teams. Dhir played all of MI's 16 games in the 2025 IPL, scoring 252 runs at an average of 31.50 and a strike rate of 182.60. That year, he was called up to the India A cricket team.
Dhir played 14 games for MI in the 2026 IPL and scored 318 runs at an average of 26.50 and a strike rate of 147.22. In the 2026 Sher-e-Punjab T20 League, Dhir played for Amritsar Soormas. On 8 September, Dhir scored 173 off 64 balls against Mohali Kings in Mohali, breaking the record for the highest score in an Indian domestic T20 competition. He scored 655 runs in 10 matches in the tournament at a strike rate of 217.6, including one other hundred and three fifties. He was thereafter called up to the Indian national side for the home white-ball series against West Indies, and made his international debut in the first game of that series in Thiruvanathapuram. He made his T20I debut for India the next week in Lucknow.
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