Mitchell Santner Biography – Age, Education, Personal Life, Career, Net Worth, Records, and Awards

Mitchell Santner And His Family

Mitchell Santner was born on 5 February 1992 in Hamilton. He was born to Josef Santner. He has a brother named Elliot Santner and a sister named Olivia Santner. 

Age, Physical Appearance, and Height

Mitchell Santner was born on 21 November 1991, and according to the calculation, his current age is 29 years.

Let’s Talk about his Height, Weight & Physical Status as the main things for the Cricket Industry. Fans also attract the Height, Weight & Physical Status of Mitchell Santner is 182 cm and 1.82 m, and feet inches- 6′ 0″. His weight is in kilograms- 75 kg. Weight.

Mitchell Santner has a Waist Size of 31 Inches and a chest of 42 Inches, And biceps of 14 Inches. he has Black colour hair and Dark Brown colour eyes. Besides this, he is wearing a shoe size 11.

Education

His Educational Qualification is Mechanical Engineering.

Personal Life

He is in a relationship with Caitlin Podunski.

Career

Domestic Career

Mitchell Santner made his First-Class debut for Northern Districts in 2011 and since then has played for the same team in the New Zealand domestic setup. The left-arm orthodox spinner had a stint in Worcestershire in 2016-17.

Having played only 19 List A matches for Northern Districts, the selectors saw his potential and fast-tracked him to the national side.

IPL career

After impressing on the world stage, the gutsy allrounderallrounder after impressing on the world stage was bought by MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings for just INR 50 lacs in the 2019 auctions. The Kiwi bowler has to be one of the most economical buys for CSK. However, the Kiwi allrounderallrounder played only 4 matches in the 2019 season and managed to pick 4 wickets. The 2020 season is expected to be a breakout season for him as CSK will be looking to employ his services in the dusty pitches of Sharjah and Abu Dhabi.

Test Career

Santner made his Test debut against Australia on 27 November 2015, the first-ever day-night Test match. In the first inning, Santner scored 31 runs off 46 deliveries and even took the wicket of Josh Hazlewood by cleaning him up. In the second inning, too, Santner showed his mettle with the willow and compiled a craft 45-run inning before being stumped off the bowling of Nathan Lyon.

In November 2019, while playing against England at Bay Oval, Santner scored his maiden test century. His 261-run partnership with BJ Watling became the highest-ever 7th wicket partnership for New Zealand in test cricket. He also took 3 wickets in 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.

ODI Career

Mitchell Santner made his ODI debut against England at Edgbaston on 9 June 2015, months after the 2015 World Cup. Kiwis were looking for a replacement for Daniel Vettori, and Santner came across as the perfect like-to-like replacement. He played each of the 5 matches in that series – got 7 wickets and scored 97 runs. His first international wicket came when he dismissed Sam Billings for 3. During the fourth ODI of the series, he hit 28 runs off Adil Rashid in one over, the second most runs off one over ever posted in England. In May 2018, he was one of twenty players to be awarded a new contract for the 2018–19 season by New Zealand Cricket.

Santner was also selected for the 2019 World Cup, where New Zealand was the runner-up. He played 10 matches in the tournament and scored 72 runs while picking up 6 wickets.

T20I Career

Santner made his T20I debut against England on 23 June 2015 at Old Trafford. He scored 9 runs with the bat but was effective with the white ball, picking up two wickets. Alex Hales and Jonny Bairstow. With some impressive performances in the T20I arena, Mitchell Santner was picked for the 2016 T20 Kiwi squad as a premier spin bowler and Nathan McCullum. The latter was playing his last international tour. Santner was phenomenal against India as New Zealand stopped India from chasing 127, despite having a stacked batting lineup. Santner picked 4 wickets, including Rohit Sharma, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, and Suresh Raina. This was his best performance in the tournament and the coming years, as some indifferent form and injuries meant that Santner was dropped from the team.

Santner made the international comeback against Sri Lanka on 11 January 2019 in the only T20I between the sides.

Net Worth

Mitchell Santner has an estimated total Networth of Rs. 14 Crores ($ 2 Million) in 2021, and His main source of income is Brand Endorsements and playing cricket.

Cars And Bikes Collection

• Harley Davidson
• Audi A6
• Audi Q7

Awards

1. Mitchell Santner wins Rs 1 lakh award despite not being in the playing XI.

Records:

Mitchell Santner picks up 71 wickets in just 72 matches. He is the bowling allrounderallrounder in the team. He also scores 924 runs in 71 ODIs matches. He is a top-ranked bowler in the WT20I ranking.

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