Personal

Name

Martin Guptill
Full Name

Martin James Guptill
Country

New Zealand
Gender

Male
Date of Birth

September 30, 1986

Sport Profile

Sport

Cricket
Discipline

Men's Cricket
Role

Top-order Batsman (Opening Batsman)
Level

National, International
Teams

Auckland, New Zealand, Derbyshire, Sydney Thunder, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Mumbai Indians, Lancashire, Kings Xi Punjab, Barbados Tridents, Sunrisers Hyderabad, St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots, 
Profile

Martin Guptill is a New Zealand International cricketer, who plays for the national team of New Zealand since 2009 in all three formats. He is a right-handed opening batsman and occasionally plays as a right-arm off-break bowler as well. He has represented Auckland team in domestic cricket and played for Derbyshire in county cricket circuit. Before getting selected for the national New Zealand team, he has played in Under-19 Cricket World Cup for New Zealand.

In 2009, Martin made his international cricket debut through an ODI match against West Indies. Fortunately, he was succeeding to make his impact in the international field since his first match. After this, Martin Guptill has made his debut in the rest two formats of the game consecutively in the same following year. At the age of 14, Guptill, unfortunately, met with an accident and lost three toes of his left foot. However, this tragedy couldn’t hold his talent back for long, and he has risen like a sun with all his undeniable batting adepts. He is enlisted in New Zealand squad successfully for 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.

(as Compiled by Madhushree Das Ghosh)

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Career Information

Debut Test Match: at Seddon Park Stadium Vs India on 18th of March in 2009

Last Test Match: at Holkar Cricket Stadium Vs India on 8th of October in 2016

Debut ODI Match: at Eden Park Stadium Vs West Indies on 10th of January in 2009

Last ODI: at University Oval Stadium Vs Bangladesh on 20th of February in 2019

Debut T20I Match: at SCG Stadium Vs Australia on 15th of February in 2009

Last T20I Match: at Eden Park Stadium Vs Sri Lanka on 11th of January in 2019

Debut IPL Match: at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium Vs Hyderabad on 18th of April in 2016

Batting Career:

  • He has scored 2586 runs in 47 matches in 7 years of Test career at an average of 29.39 and strike rate of 46.61 including 3 hundreds and 17 fifties (as on May 15, 2019)
  • He has scored 6440 runs in 169 matches in 10 years of ODI career at an average of 43.22 and strike rate of 87.45 including 16 hundreds and 34 fifties (as on May 15, 2019)
  • He has scored 2272 runs in 76 matches in 10 years of T20I career at an average of 33.91 and strike rate of 132.71 including 2 hundreds and 14 fifties (as on May 15, 2019)
  • He has scored 270 runs in 13 matches in 4 years of IPL career at an average of 22.5 and strike rate of 137.76 including 1 fifty (as on May 15, 2019)
Achievements/Records Associated With
  • The most successful opening batsman of New Zealand
  • First cricketer from New Zealand and fifth overall to score an ODI double century
  • Highest individual scorer in Cricket World Cup history (unbeaten 237)
  • Among the top 5 Highest individual ODI scorers (unbeaten 237)