Mitchell Santner: The second match of the 3-Test series between India and New Zealand is being played at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. Today, on the second day of the match, India’s first innings ended at 156 runs. In this way New Zealand got a lead of 103 runs. The Kiwi team had scored 259 runs in the first innings. Even today, on the second day of the match, spin bowlers are wreaking havoc on the Pune pitch. While on the first day, Washington Sundar had sent 7 Kiwi batsmen to the pavilion for India, on the second day for New Zealand, left arm spinner Mitchell Santner created history by wreaking havoc with the ball by taking 7 wickets for 53 runs. Due to this performance, Santner has made 5 records in his name. Let us know in detail what those records are.
Let us tell you that on the first day of the match, New Zealand had scored 259 runs in its first innings. In reply, India had scored 16 runs for 1 wicket by the end of the day’s play. The second day of the match started with Santner taking the wicket of Shubman Gill. After this he made Virat Kohli his victim. Sarfaraz Khan, who scored a century in Bengaluru, also became a victim of Santner. Then he took the wickets of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Akash Deep and Jasprit Bumrah.
Career-best Test figures ✅ Maiden Test five-wicket bag ✅Second best Test innings figures for New Zealand in India ✅Third best Test innings figures for New Zealand against India ✅Eighth equal best innings figures in New Zealand Test history ✅ pic.twitter. com/u22mTMGAv4
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Santner’s best career performance
In the Pune Test, Santner took seven wickets for 53 runs in 19.3 overs. This is the best performance of his Test career.
5 wicket haul for the first time
Santner started his international cricket career in the year 2015. Since then, he has bowled in 48 innings of 29 matches at an average of 38.19 and an economy of 2.75. During this period he has taken 174 wickets. Today he took 7 wickets for 53 runs against India. This was Santner’s first five-wicket haul in his international Test career. At the same time, this also became his best bowling spell in India.
Third best performance for New Zealand in India
With taking 7 wickets in the Pune Test, Santner has become one of the few players from his country who have taken five or more wickets in an innings in India. Apart from Santner, the names of his match partner Ajaz Patel, John Bracewell, Daniel Vettori and Hadley Howarth are included in this list.
Second best performance in an innings against India in Tests
Santner took 7 wickets in the Pune Test, the second best performance for New Zealand in India. The record of best bowling in India is in the name of Ajaz Patel. He took all 10 wickets in an innings against India in Mumbai in 2021.
Bowlers taking most wickets in an innings in Test cricket against India
10/119 – Ajaz Patel, Mumbai 7/23 – Richard Hadlee, Wellington 7/53 – Mitchell Santner, Pune* 7/64 – Tim Southee, Bengaluru 7/65 – Simon Doull, Wellington
Eighth best performance in New Zealand Test history
Santner took 7 wickets against India in Pune. This performance was the 8th best performance by a New Zealand bowler in Test cricket. At the first place in this list is the name of Ajaz Patel, who took all 10 wickets in an innings against India in Mumbai in 2021. During this period, he gave only 119 runs in 47.5 overs with an economy of 2.48, and in this spell, Ijaz also bowled 12 maiden overs.
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