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New Zealand's lead spinner Mitchell Santner voiced his experience playing at Indian Premier League (IPL). The 28-year old opened up on different angles in IPL and furthermore how Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin impacted him and helped him improve his bowling. Santner made his presentation for CSK in 2019. 

The Spinner uncovered that he was truly energized when Chennai Super Kings got him in 2018, considering the competition the best among all the T20 classes on the planet. He included that cooperating with world-class spinners like Harbajan Singh, Imran Tahir and Ravindra Jadeja was an advancing encounter for him. 

"Better believe it, the IPL, I surmise, is the zenith of all T20 competitions and I was really energized when I arrived in 2018. There are some world-class spinners in Chennai to converse with and play with – folks like Harbhajan Singh, who I've watched a great deal of, Ravindra Jadeja and Imran Tahir also," expressed Santner in a meeting with ESPNcricinfo. 

Santner couldn't play the IPL in 2018 because of a physical issue yet communicated his bliss in getting a chance to play in 2019 and grandstand his capacity. 

"At the point when I got harmed the main year, I was quite disillusioned, yet I was given the open door last time around to proceed to encounter it. It's an amazing competition and certainly the best cricket going around as far as T20 alliances," 

The Hamilton based Santner additionally expressed that it was a blessing to share the changing areas with players like MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina. He likewise talked on how serious these players were and their remarkable outlook on the field. 

Mitchell Santner and MS Dhoni   IPL
Mitchell Santner and MS Dhoni (Image credits: DNA India)

"I've played against Dhoni a ton, so to share a changing area with him and converse with him about how he goes about things was magnificent. Indeed, even folks like Suresh Raina – you watched him from different groups you go with"

"The IPL a year ago was a cool encounter too. It was the first run through for me playing at a ground where it turns more, in Chennai, which is pleasant in light of the fact that you don't need to do excessively. You attempt and fire it into the wicket and let the wicket wrap up. I surmise, for me, it's tied in with attempting to adjust to the conditions as ahead of schedule as could be expected under the circumstances and find what will be the most assaulting ball on each surface," Santner included further.

MItchell Santner is one of the best bowling all-rounders New Zealand has produced.He has spoken to New Zealand in 22 Tests and 72 ODIs in which he has gotten 39 wickets and 71 wickets individually. He bats in the lower order and frequently scores important runs for the group and has a high score of 126 in Tests, which shows his mind boggling capacity to bat too. Santner has played 4 matches in IPL for CSK getting 4 wickets at an economy of 6.71.

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