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MJ Santner
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
MJ Santner is a New Zealand all-rounder whose primary international format is the T20 International. Playing most of his cricket for New Zealand Cricket (207 matches), he has also featured for Worcestershire, Northern Districts, Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Northern Superchargers and several other franchises across global T20 leagues. Across 372 career appearances, he has accumulated 5,048 runs at an average of 25.24 and taken 445 wickets at 29.1. On recent form, he returned five wickets across three T20Is against South Africa in March 2026 and followed that with two wicket-taking appearances for Mumbai Indians in the 2026 IPL.
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Bat Avg
25.2
Bowl Avg
29.1
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Chennai Super Kings · All-Rounder
Recent form
Santner returned five wickets across three T20Is against South Africa in March 2026, including back-to-back two-wicket hauls, before moving to the IPL with Mumbai Indians where he picked up 1/43 and 1
Strongest format
T20 International — Santner has played 127 T20 Internationals, his most in any single competition, taking 138 wickets at a bowling average of 23.46. His T20I bowling aver
Career stats overview
32 Test · 119 ODI · 221 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
32 matches
1,085
Runs scored
78
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
119 matches
1,573
Runs scored
130
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
221 matches
2,390
Runs scored
237
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
445 wickets across 372 career matches
Santner has been one of the more prolific all-format wicket-takers in his generation of New Zealand cricket. His 445 career wickets come at a bowling average of 29.1 across T20 internationals, ODIs, Tests, and domestic competitions worldwide.
T20I bowling average of 23.46 is his headline number
Across 127 T20 Internationals, Santner has claimed 138 wickets at 23.46 with an economy of 7.19. That combination of wicket-taking and run containment makes him a consistent option in New Zealand's shortest-format attack.
Seddon Park is his most productive ground
In 25 matches at Seddon Park, Santner averages 39.2 with the bat and has taken 39 wickets. It is comfortably his best venue by both batting average and wicket tally.
Strong returns against England across all formats
Against England in 32 matches, Santner has scored 819 runs at a batting average of 37.23 and taken 52 wickets at an economy of 5.01. That is his best batting average against any of the top eight opponents in the data.
Recent T20I spell includes 5 wickets against South Africa in March 2026
Santner was New Zealand's most economical bowler across the South Africa T20I series in March 2026, taking five wickets across three games at figures including 2/19 and 2/21. His side won two of those three matches.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams MJ Santner has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
India
- Matches
- 46
- Runs
- 780
- Wickets
- 63
England
- Matches
- 32
- Runs
- 819
- Wickets
- 52
Australia
- Matches
- 24
- Runs
- 379
- Wickets
- 39
Pakistan
- Matches
- 22
- Runs
- 339
- Wickets
- 34
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 21
- Runs
- 436
- Wickets
- 29
West Indies
- Matches
- 17
- Runs
- 357
- Wickets
- 29
Bangladesh
- Matches
- 15
- Runs
- 258
- Wickets
- 32
South Africa
- Matches
- 15
- Runs
- 163
- Wickets
- 28
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where MJ Santner has turned out most often.
Seddon Park, Hamilton
- Matches
- 25
- Runs
- 784
- Wickets
- 39
Bay Oval
- Matches
- 19
- Runs
- 353
- Wickets
- 31
Eden Park, Auckland
- Matches
- 18
- Runs
- 304
- Wickets
- 26
County Ground
- Matches
- 14
- Runs
- 363
- Wickets
- 17
Hagley Oval, Christchurch
- Matches
- 11
- Runs
- 209
- Wickets
- 25
Basin Reserve, Wellington
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 221
- Wickets
- 10
Westpac Stadium
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 123
- Wickets
- 15
University Oval
- Matches
- 8
- Runs
- 63
- Wickets
- 14
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
MJ Santner's profile
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.