Daryl Mitchell

Some Lesser Known Facts About Daryl Mitchell

• Daryl Mitchell is a New Zealand cricketer who is known for hitting big sixes. He has emerged as a good finisher in many cricket tournaments.

• During his childhood, he lived in Manchester and London. At the age of ten, he started playing cricket and used to play in his backyard. When his father moved to Perth, Australia in 2006 as the head coach of the Western Force rugby union team in the Super 14 Rugby competition, he also moved to Perth.

  

• He spent his initial cricketing years in the Australian domestic circuit where he played three years for the Hale School and two years for Scarborough, where he shared the dressing room with Marcus Stoinis and Justin Langer and trained under Neil ‘Noddy’ Holder.

  

• On 4 December 2011, he played his first List A (one-day) match against Canterbury. On 18 March 2012, he played his debut first-class match against Auckland, and on 30 November 2012, he made his T20 debut against Canterbury.

  

• From 2009 to 2011, he worked as a personal trainer and from April 2015 to June 2015, he worked as a sports consultant.

• He played domestic cricket for around 8 years before making his debut for the national team of New Zealand. In June 2020, he moved to Canterbury from Northern Districts.

  

• In the 2013-14 season, he debuted for New Zealand A. He later played for the New Zealand XI and captained them during the series against India A in 2020.

• He made his first test fifty on his debut with 73 runs in the first innings against England. His first test century was against Pakistan with 102 runs not out in the first innings. He scored 190 runs in the first innings and 62 runs not out in the second innings against England in June 2022.

  

• He scored 482 runs in 3 tests during the 2022 series against England, the most runs by a New Zealand player in a test series against England.

• On 26 March 2021, he made his first ODI hundred with a score of 100 runs not out against Bangladesh. On 31 July 2022, he made his maiden ODI half-century with 74 runs not out against Scotland.

  

• From 2018 to 2020, he worked as an assistant strength and conditioning coach at Waikato Rugby Club.

  

• In the 2021 T20 World Cup, he played 7 matches and scored 208 runs with a strike rate of 140.54 at an average of 34.67; in the semifinal against England, he scored his first T20I half-century with 72 runs not out, helping New Zealand enter the finals.

  

• In the 2022 T20 World Cup, He played 4 matches and scored 109 runs with a strike rate of 128.24 at an average of 54.50; in the semifinal against Pakistan, he scored 53 runs not out; however, New Zealand lost the match.

• On 13 October 2023, he scored 89 runs not out to secure a victory over Bangladesh in the group stage match of the 2023 ODI World Cup. During the group stage match against India in Dharamshala, he scored his first ODI World Cup Hundred with 130 runs.

• In the 2016 season of the Northern Premier League, he played for Blackpool. In the 2023 season of The Hundred, he played for the London Spirit. In the 2021 Vitality Blast and County Championship, he played for Middlesex and for Lancashire for the 2023 county season.

  

• In the 2022 IPL auction, he was acquired by Rajasthan Royals (RR) for his base price of Rs 75 lakhs and played two matches for them in the 2022 IPL season before being released. He went unsold against his base price of Rs 1 crore in the 2023 IPL auction.

  

• Before the 2021-22 season, He received his first central contract for the national team of New Zealand.

• During the celebrations and parties, he often drinks beer.

  

• In 2017, he partnered with Opening Up, a group that focuses on mental health issues and often spreads awareness about mental health issues.

  

• He holds an Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) level 1 certificate in strength and conditioning and cert 3 and 4 in personal training from the Australian Insitute of Fitness. ^[2]LinkedIn – Daryl Mitchell

• He has been a fan of the superhero character Batman since his childhood.

  

• He is fond of animals and has two dogs.

  

• On 19 December 2023, Daryl was acquired by Chennai Super Kings for Rs. 14 crore against the base price of Rs. 1 crore in the 2024 IPL auction, held at the Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai.