Mumbai, Sept. 20 -- Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan spoke on all-rounder Naman Dhir's surprise inclusion in the squad for West Indies ODIs, saying that he admires the Punjab batter's talent and a player like him, who offers flexibility in terms of batting position and useful off-spin, has been missing from the Indian set-up.

Irfan was speaking on JioHotstar's 'Follow the Blues' programme. Team India will be taking on West Indies in a three-match ODI series from September 27 onwards. One surprising name in the squad was Naman, who had an incredible Sher-e-Punjab T20 with Amritsar Soormas recently.

For the title-winning side Amritsar Soormas, Naman made 655 runs in 10 innings at an average of 72.28, including two centuries and thre...