Who is Marcus Stoinis?

Marcus Peter Stoinis is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australian national team in limited-overs cricket. Domestically, he is under contract with Western Australia and the Melbourne Stars, and he has previously played for the Perth Scorchers and Victoria as an all-rounder.

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Stoinis, who was born on August 16, 1989, made his Twenty20 International debut against England on August 31, 2015. On September 11, 2015, he made his One Day International debut against the same team. Stoinis grabbed three wickets and scored 146 not out in his second ODI against New Zealand on January 30, 2017. This was an Australian batsman’s greatest ODI score from seventh in the batting order.

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He was signed by the Delhi Daredevils ahead of the 2015 Indian Premier League season. He was then signed in the auction for Rs 5.5 million by Kings XI Punjab for the 2016 season. On 13 May 2016, he recorded his career-high T20 stats of 4/15 from four overs in a game for Kings XI against Mumbai Indians.

The Royal Challengers Bangalore released him prior to the 2020 IPL auction. He was purchased by the Delhi Capitals in the 2020 IPL auction ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.

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Since his debut in IPL, Stoinis has played 56 matches and has scored 914 runs. He was bought by the Lucknow Super Giants, a new team in the IPL, for Rs 9.2 crore in the 2022 season.

Marcus Stoinis recently expressed his view towards IPL on the YouTube channel RevSportz to Boria Majumdar. “Look, to an extent for a lot of the Australian cricketers, but personally, what India and the IPL have done for my cricket – it’s not only has changed my life but also changed my cricket career. Leading into the things like the IPL we’ve been in our own bubble, with our own coaches with our own mates playing in the same team. Whereas the IPL has opened our eyes with access to coaches all over the world in different conditions, from players, I think you learn more from players than anyone else,” he said.