New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner has revealed that he was paid half the amount instead of the full amount during Indian Premier League (IPL) he participated in, which made him deeply upset.
Expressing in an interview, New Zealand all-rounder Santner said that he was out of the IPL due to a shoulder injury.
According to him, ‘Mumbai Indians’ did not pay him the promised payment of 200 million Indian rupees, but only half the compensation, and this non-professional approach made him deeply upset.
Santner stated that he was very disappointed to be paid half the fixed amount, especially since he was out of the IPL season due to injury.
“I missed my first match in the IPL due to the birth of my second child. Later, I returned, played a match against Delhi, where I suffered a shoulder injury. I returned to the field after a week, but the injury further deteriorated and forced me to back, after which I had to return home,” The player lamented.
According to Mitchell Santner, his shoulder was injured twice in two weeks, and he felt that he was putting too much strain on his body.
He added that he was expecting that it would take about eight weeks to fully recover, but it took four weeks, and he returned to the national team. He said that different rumours and false allegations were made about him in the media upon his recovery.
Mitchell Santner joined the New Zealand team a week before the first Test against England after recovering from the injury.
As Santner claimed that he played 5 matches representing the Mumbai Indians in the IPL, while he was officially declared out of the tournament on April 27.
According to IPL rules, if a player is injured during the league, he usually gets compensation as per the agreement agreed at the time of the auction.
According to Indian media, there has been no official response from Mumbai Indians yet to Mitchell Santner’s statement regarding the payment of half the amount.
