Mitchell Santner, Daryl Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra Join Chennai Super Kings Camp IPL 2024

17.03.2024 - 08:31 sports.ndtv.com

Ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 season, the New Zealand cricketers Mitchell Santner, Daryl Mitchell, and Rachin Ravindra joined the five-time winner Chennai Super Kings (CSK) training camp.

The official X (formerly Twitter) handle of the Chennai-based franchise shared the picture of the Kiwi trio joining the squad.

Santner made his debut in the 2019 season, and following that the bowling allrounder picked up 13 wickets at an economy rate of 6.88.

Meanwhile, he scored 56 runs while batting in 8 innings. Now that's a good night!#WhistlePodu #DenComing pic.twitter.com/qJBO4DqBct Mitchell made his IPL debut for the Bengaluru-based franchise in the 2022 season, following that he could play only 2 matches, in which he scored 33 runs.

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