Mitchell Josef Santner was born on 5 February 1992 and is a New Zealand international cricketer and current captain of New Zealand Cricket team in limited overs cricket.
25 Facts About Mitchell Santner
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Mitchell Santner is a bowling all-rounder who bats left-handed, and bowls slow left-arm orthodox spin.
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Mitchell Santner has been involved in the highest 7th wicket partnership for New Zealand in Tests.
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Mitchell Santner was a part of the New Zealand squad to finish as runners-up at the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
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Mitchell Santner captained the New Zealand team in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, where they ended up as runners-up in an enthralling final clash against India.
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Mitchell Santner was named in the one-day squad for the tour of England following the retirement of Daniel Vettori after the 2015 World Cup as New Zealand searched for another left-arm spin option.
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Mitchell Santner was then drafted into the touring squad at the start of the England tour to cover for the absence of the players at the Indian Premier League and made an immediate impression with a well-crafted 94 against Somerset.
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Mitchell Santner was handed his One Day International debut at Edgbaston having played just 19 List A matches for Northern Districts.
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In November 2020, Mitchell Santner captained New Zealand for the first time in an international fixture, leading the team in the third Twenty20 International match against the West Indies.
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Mitchell Santner did so again in the first T20I match against Pakistan.
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In June 2023, shortly after winning the IPL with the Chennai Super Kings, Mitchell Santner joined their sister franchise, the Texas Super Kings, for the inaugural season of Major League Cricket.
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Mitchell Santner made his One Day International debut for New Zealand on 9 June 2015.
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Mitchell Santner made his Twenty20 International debut in the same series on 23 June 2015.
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Mitchell Santner hit a boundary off the first ball of his Test career.
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Mitchell Santner was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2016 T20 World Cup by the ICC, ESPNcricinfo and Cricbuzz.
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Mitchell Santner bowled Pakistani cricketer Fakhar Zaman with a carrom ball, something he had been working on for some time, but only recently brought into his international repertoire.
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In March 2018, Mitchell Santner was out of the Test series against England, after suffering a knee injury, ruling him out of action for six to nine months.
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The injury meant Mitchell Santner's planned spell in English county cricket with Derbyshire and Indian Premier League during 2018 had to be cancelled.
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Mitchell Santner made the international comeback against Sri Lanka on 11 January 2019 in the only T20I between the sides before going on to play in four of the five ODIs against India as well as all three T20Is and then two of the three ODIs against Bangladesh later during the same summer.
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In November 2019, while playing against England at Bay Oval, Mitchell Santner scored his maiden test century.
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Mitchell Santner took 3 wickets in the 2nd innings and became the first New Zealand spinner to take a wicket on home soil since March 2018 with 101 consecutive Test wickets in 11 innings in between having all fallen to seamers.
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In November 2020 Mitchell Santner led the New Zealand side for the first time in a T20 against West Indies at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui.
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In 2022 Mitchell Santner became New Zealand's 24th ODI captain when he led the side in the only ODI against Scotland in Edinburgh.
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On 13 February, 2024, Mitchell Santner is named as Captain for the T20 international series against Australia, with Tim Southee only available for Game 1.
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In October 2024, when New Zealand beat India in a test series in India for the first time ever, Mitchell Santner had the fine bowling figures of 7 for 53 and 6 for 104 in the second test at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.