New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner units the sector throughout their ICC Males’s T20 World Cup match towards UAE on the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, India, February 10, 2026. — AFP
New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner has claimed he obtained solely half of his cost for his Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 stint with Mumbai Indians (MI), which was minimize brief attributable to shoulder accidents.
Santner, who has represented New Zealand in 138 T20Is, was roped in by MI on the IPL mega public sale for INR20 million in 2025 and was retained by the franchise for this 12 months’s version.
The 34-year-old, nevertheless, may symbolize them in solely 4 matches within the not too long ago concluded version of the cash-rich league, throughout which he picked up 5 wickets and mustered 26 runs earlier than getting dominated out of the rest of the event attributable to a second shoulder damage.
After selecting up a left shoulder damage, the spin-bowling all-rounder was anticipated to be on the sidelines for nearly eight weeks, however recovered sooner than anticipated and was subsequently named in New Zealand’s three-match Take a look at collection towards England, scheduled to start on Thursday.
Because of this, Santner was accused of faking damage to depart the IPL 2026, which the all-rounder swiftly denied whereas that includes within the Grade Cricketer Podcast and as an alternative revealed that he was issued solely half of his wage regardless of placing his physique on the road.
“Well, they gave me half my cash, so that actually hurt a little bit,” Satner mentioned.
“I got there, missed the first game, birth of my second child, got there straight off the plane, played Delhi, did [injured] my right shoulder, out for kind of week.
“I got here again a few video games later, did [injured] my left and went residence. So I did [injured] two shoulders within the area of sort of two weeks. So I believed I used to be placing my physique on the road for them, however clearly not.”
It’s pertinent to say that the IPL guidelines mandate the franchises to pay the gamers the quantity they had been signed up for on the public sale in the event that they get injured in the course of the event.
