23 Facts About Mitchell Santner

Mitchell Josef Santner was born on 5 February 1992 and is a New Zealand international cricketer who plays all forms of the game.

Mitchell Santner is a bowling all-rounder who bats left-handed, and bowls slow left-arm orthodox spin.

Mitchell Santner has been involved in the highest 7th wicket partnership for New Zealand in Tests.

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.

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.

Mitchell Santner was handed his One Day International debut at Edgbaston having played just 19 List A matches for Northern Districts.

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.

Mitchell Santner did so again in the first T20I match against Pakistan.

Mitchell Santner made his One Day International debut for New Zealand on 9 June 2015.

Mitchell Santner made his Twenty20 International debut in the same series on 23 June 2015.

On 27 November 2015, Mitchell Santner debuted in his first Test match against Australia.

Mitchell Santner became the first player in history to make his test debut in a Day Night Test Match, where he made his debut against Australia.

Mitchell Santner hit a boundary off the first ball of his Test career.

Mitchell Santner was picked to the New Zealand squad as a premier spin bowler along with Nathan McCullum, who was playing his last international tour.

Mitchell Santner was named in the 'Team of the Tournament' for the 2016 T20 World Cup by the ICC, Cricinfo and Cricbuzz.

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.

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.

The injury meant Mitchell Santner's planned spell in English county cricket with Derbyshire and Indian Premier League during 2018 had to be cancelled.

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.

Mitchell Santner was bought by Chennai Super Kings in 2018 for INR 50 Lakhs but he didn't play that season due to injury.

Mitchell Santner was retained by the team the next year and subsequently made his IPL debut that year.

In November 2019, while playing against England at Bay Oval, Mitchell Santner scored his maiden test century.

Mitchell Santner took 3 wickets in 2nd innings and became the first New Zealand spinner to take wicket on home soil since March 2018 with 101 consecutive Test wickets in 11 innings in between having all fallen to seamers.