Mitchell Santner burst into the scene once Daniel Vettori retired and has been filling his shoes with his impressive perfomances as an all-rounder that New Zealand need. Having played only 19 List A mathes, the selectors saw potential and immediately brought him into the senior team where he made his debut for the Blackcaps in 2015 against Australia at the Oval. It was when he was selected for the tour of England, in the first game itself, he made an impact not with the ball, but with the bat as he scored 27 and 94 in the two innings. He also made his ODI debut in the same tour and despite New Zealand lost the series 2-3, Satner was one positive in a long term prospective. Considered as the next Vettori, Satner has grabbed his chances and has been living upto the expectations. His skills saw him play for Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League as well.
Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals by 59 runs to qualify for the IPL 2025 playoffs. Suryakumary Yadav had a terrific outing with the bat, scoring 73*, while with the ball, Mitchell Santner was phenomenal, picking him three wickets for just 11 runs in his four overs.
Mitchell Santner has been pretty economical for Mumbai Indians in their last few matches. Santner is missing MI's clash against Lucknow Super Giants at Wankhede, skipper Hardik Pandya confirmed. MI are coming into this match on the back of four consecutive wins.
Mumbai Indians after retaining a core of Indian players, did some terrific business at the IPL 2025 auction and were able to form a quality squad and would be keen to leave behind the memories of a false season last year.
India defeated New Zealand in the final of ICC Champions Trophy in Dubai. They chased down 252 runs with only one over and four wickets in hand to lift the trophy. Here's the list of top five wicket-takers in the tournament that was hosted by Pakistan and the UAE.
New Zealand finished as runners-up to India in the recently-concluded Champions Trophy. They are now set to face Pakistan in an away T20I series from March 16 onwards. New Zealand have named their squad for the series, with IPL-bound players being absent.
Mitchell Santner continued his great form through the Champions Trophy in the final while adding a couple of wickets to his tally and rallying his troops against India, who proved to be just too good. New Zealand set a target of 252 runs but India chased it down with 4 wickets left.
Virat Kohli's direct throw to KL Rahul from the deep caught Mitchell Santner short in the 49th over of the match. New Zealand posted 251 runs in the first innings, courtesy of Daryl Mitchell and Michael Bracewell's half-century.
India's luck with the toss continued to run dry with the Men in Blue losing their 15th coin flip in the ODIs in a row and skipper Rohit Sharma equalling a wretched world record in the final of the Champions Trophy. New Zealand's Mitchell Santner called it right and opted to bat.
Mitchell Santner has been an outstanding leader for New Zealand in his first-ever ICC event in charge of the Black Caps and is on the verge of breaking the Champions Trophy record in the final against India. India and New Zealand have locked horns once already in the tournament.
Matt Henry picked up a shoulder injury during New Zealand's Champions Trophy semifinal against South Africa at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner provided an update on Henry ahead of the final against India in Dubai.
Mitchell Santner continued to do well with the ball as he led New Zealand from the front. On a very good batting wicket, Santner gave a masterclass in spin bowling in the Champions Trophy semi-final, taking three crucial wickets of Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen and Heinrich Klaasen.
New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner shared an update on Matt Henry, who injured his right shoulder during the Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa in Lahore. The Kiwis meanwhile defeated the Proteas by 50 runs to qualify for the final.
New Zealand recovered from 73/3 to post a massive total of 320 runs for the loss of five wickets in their 50 overs. Latham and Young were the stars notching up their respective centuries as the Kiwis posted their second highest total in Champions Trophy.
New Zealand won the T20I series but given there's a tri-series and a Champions Trophy on the horizon, they will be keen to zero in on most of their combination in the ODIs even though they will be missing a couple of key players, especially having lost the ODI series against Sri Lanka in November.
NZ vs SL 1st ODI Dream11 Prediction: After a thrilling 2-1 T20I series win, New Zealand will look to a positive start to the three-match ODI series starting on Saturday. Sri Lanka will look to take positives from their recent ODI series triumph against the Kiwis ahead of the first game.
New Zealand will face Sri Lanka in three ODIs and as many T20Is at home. The three-match ODI series is the last for the Kiwis before they pick the squad for the ICC Champions Trophy. Meanwhile, Mumbai Indians' star player has been picked for the first time in the T20I squad.
Santner has previously led New Zealand in 24 T20Is and four ODIs and will take over the white-ball team full-time. Santner recently has had his second coming in Test cricket with two Player of the Match performances against India and England and will be looking to continue his good form.
New Zealand provided Tim Southee with a winning farewell in his final Test match as he ended up with 391 wickets and 98 sixes with the bat. England rode on Jacob Bethell and Joe Root's fifties to show some fight in the fourth innings but 658 was always going to be an out-of-reach target.
The three-match ODI series between Sri Lanka and New Zealand get underway today in Dambulla. With the Champions Trophy set to take place in Pakistan (as of now), this is a good series to prepare for the tournament for the Kiwis.
New Zealand's star all-rounder Amelia Kerr clinched the ICC Women's Player of the Month award for October 2024 after a sensational performance with both bat and ball in the T20 World Cup 2024. Kerr edged out Laura Wolvaardt and Deandra Dottin to win the prestigious ICC award.