Mitchell Santner Biography, Check Details About His Career, Wife & Net worth

Mitchell Santner was born on 5 February 1992, in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand. As of 2024, he is 32 years old, and his zodiac sign is Aquarius. He is a Christian and enjoys playing golf as a hobby.

Mitchell has a brother named Elliot and a sister named Olivia. His parents’ names are not publicly known.

Santner is a bowling all-rounder, batting left-handed and bowling slow left-arm orthodox spin. He was part of New Zealand’s record 7th wicket partnership in Test cricket. After an impressive 2014/15 season, he was promoted to the national team. He joined the one-day squad for the England tour in 2015 following Daniel Vettori’s retirement after the 2015 World Cup, as New Zealand searched for a new left-arm spin option.

Early Life and Education

Mitchell Santner went to Hamilton Boys’ High School and later earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand.

In New Zealand domestic cricket, he made his first-class debut for Northern Districts in 2011 and has been playing for them since then. He also played for Worcestershire during the 2016–17 season.

Although he had played only 19 List A matches for Northern Districts, his talent stood out and the selectors immediately included him in the national team.

International career

In April 2015, Mitchell Santner was selected for New Zealand’s limited-overs team for the tour of England. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on June 9, 2015, taking his first international wicket by dismissing Sam Billings.

During the fourth ODI of the series, he hit 28 runs off one over from Adil Rashid, the second-highest runs in a single over in England’s ODI history. He also made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut on June 23, 2015.

Santner made history on November 27, 2015, when he played his first Test match against Australia, becoming the first cricketer to debut in a day/night Test. He started his Test career with a boundary off the very first ball he faced.

In the 2016 ICC World Twenty20, Santner was one of New Zealand’s main spin bowlers. In the opening match against India, he won the Player of the Match award for his outstanding bowling, taking 4 wickets for 11 runs, the best figures by a New Zealand spinner in the tournament’s history. He was also named in the “Team of the Tournament” by the ICC, ESPNcricinfo, and Cricbuzz.

In January 2018, Santner introduced a carrom ball to his bowling, successfully dismissing Pakistan’s Fakhar Zaman with it. However, a knee injury in March 2018 ruled him out of cricket for several months, forcing him to miss the IPL and an English county stint. He returned to international cricket in January 2019 and participated in the 2019 Cricket World Cup, where he played an important role for New Zealand.

In November 2019, Santner scored his first Test century against England and formed a record 261-run partnership with BJ Watling for the seventh wicket. In the same match, he became the first New Zealand spinner in over a year to take a wicket on home soil.

In November 2020, Santner captained New Zealand for the first time in a T20 match against the West Indies. He later captained the team in an ODI against Scotland in 2022, becoming New Zealand’s 24th ODI captain. In the 2023 Cricket World Cup, he became the first New Zealand spinner to take a five-wicket haul in a World Cup match during a game against the Netherlands.

Santner achieved more success in October 2024, when New Zealand won a Test series in India for the first time. He played a key role with remarkable bowling figures of 7/53 and 6/104 in the second Test.

In December 2024, at the age of 32, he was named New Zealand’s new captain for ODI and T20 cricket, succeeding Kane Williamson. His captaincy began with matches against Sri Lanka, while Tom Latham continued as Test captain.

IPL Career

Mitchell Santner was bought by the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in 2018 for ₹50 lakhs during the IPL auction. However, he couldn’t play that year because he needed knee surgery due to a bone issue. He made his IPL debut the following season.

While playing for CSK, Santner once hit a six on the last ball of the match to secure a win against the Rajasthan Royals. In the 2022 mega auction, CSK bought him again.

In February 2022, he was officially signed by CSK for that year’s IPL tournament. After winning the IPL with CSK in 2023, Santner joined their sister team, the Texas Super Kings, to play in the first season of Major League Cricket in the USA.

Girlfriend & Wife

Santner’s partner is Caitlin Dodunski, and they have a lovely daughter named Izzie Esme Santner. The couple got engaged in 2022.

Networth & Achievement

Mitchell Santner’s net worth is estimated at $7 million. Most of his earnings come from playing cricket, IPL contracts, endorsements, and other ventures. CSK has retained him for Rs 50 lakh for the 2024 IPL season, having previously signed him for Rs 1.9 crore in 2018.

• ODIs: Scored 1000 runs and took 100 wickets.
• T20Is: Took 111 wickets, making him the 6th-highest wicket-taker in T20I history.
• He was the first cricketer to make his international debut in a day-night Test match against Australia.
• He hit a boundary off the very first ball in Test cricket.
• Won the Man of the Match award in a T20 match in 2016 for his excellent bowling.
• Again received the Man of the Match award in an ODI against Ireland in 2017.