Domestic and T20 cricket

In domestic cricket, Guptill plays for Auckland and for Suburbs New Lynn in club cricket. He made his first-class cricket debut in March 2006, scoring a four-ball duck in his first innings and 99 in his second. In 2011, Guptill played England county cricket for the Derbyshire County Cricket Club in the second half of the season.

Guptill played for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League in 2016 as a replacement for the injured Lendl Simmons. and for Kings XI Punjab in the Indian Premier League 2017. In December 2018 he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the player auction for the Indian Premier League 2019.

In April 2021 he was signed by Karachi Kings to play in the rescheduled games of the Pakistan Super League 2021.

Guptill IPL 2022 Martin Guptill remained unsold during the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction-2022.

International Cricket

Guptill represented New Zealand for the first time at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, held in Sri Lanka in 2006. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for New Zealand on 10 January 2009 against the West Indies in Auckland, becoming the first New Zealander to score on his one-day debut in a century - his score of 122 not out being the highest score on debut for New Zealand at an ODI and the second-highest debut score ever at ODIs, and he was the first New Zealander to carry the bat through a completed ODI innings. He made his Test cricket debut against India in the first Test at Hamilton in March 2009, scoring 14 and 48 points. For his achievements in 2009, he was named to the World ODI XI by the ICC.

He won the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for his performances in the 2011/12 season. He was named T20 Player of the Year by NZC for the 2011–12 season.

In the 2013 Tour of New Zealand through England, Guptill scored consecutive unbeaten hundreds at Lord's and Southampton, failed to score 189, at the time the highest score by a New Zealander in an ODI, and contributed to the then-fifth-highest team total in ODI history (359 ).

Guptill surpassed his best result at the 2015 World Cup, scoring an unbeaten 237 from 163 balls against the West Indies in the quarter-finals at Westpac Stadium in Wellington. He became the first player to score a double century in a knockout game, while New Zealand had 393, their best total in a World Cup knockout game. After scoring three ducks in group matches, he finished the tournament with 547 runs and emerged as the top scorer.
In May 2018 he was one of twenty players signed by New Zealand Cricket for the 2018/19 season. In April 2019 he was called up to New Zealand's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In August 2021, Guptill was named to the New Zealand squad for the 2021 ICC T20 Men's World Championship. On 3 November 2021, in New Zealand's T20 World Cup match against Scotland, Guptill scored 3,000 runs in T20I cricket as a second batsman.

Records

Guptill scored back-to-back unbeaten ODI centuries against England in 2013. He scored 330 runs in the three-game ODI series, a world record for most runs in a bilateral three-game ODI series at the time.

He became the first New Zealander and fifth player overall to score a double century at an ODI. His 237 not outs remain the highest single score in World Cup cricket and the second highest score in ODIs.

Guptill 237
Martin Guptill Highest Score Guptill has the record for highest single point opener unbeaten for the entire innings of an ODI (237*).

He became the first man to face a pink ball in a day-night friendly match in Adelaide in November 2015. He was the first man to be released in a day-night test.

Guptill hit the fastest ODI fifties by a New Zealander - his 17-ball fifties is the joint second-fastest fifties of all time.

Guptill has three ODIs above 180, the most of any New Zealand cricketer

In January 2018, Guptill became the second New Zealand player and ninth overall to score a century against each of the other nine full member Test nations.

As of February 2019, Guptill has scored the second most runs in T20I cricket. He was the top scorer until his record was broken by Rohit Sharma.

As of April 2021, Guptill has scored more than 600 T20I runs at Eden Park cricket ground. He is the first and only cricketer to score 500 and 600 plus T20I runs at a single venue.

Career Bests

As of February 2019, Guptill has achieved three Test, 16 ODI and two Twenty20 International centuries. In total, as of January 2019, he has made 14 First Class, 24 List A and four Twenty20 Centuries. Two of his centuries were double centuries.

Guptil's first international century came in his 2009 New Zealand debut in an ODI against the West Indies in Auckland. Guptil's innings of 122 not-outs were described as "one of the best I've seen in a long time" by New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori. His century was the first by a New Zealander on his ODI debut. He had the highest ODI score by a New Zealander in Southampton in June 2013, scoring 189 goals, not against England. At the time the score was the fifth highest in an ODI and equaled the highest single point scored against England.

Guptil set a new ODI record for New Zealand when he scored a career-high points tally, 237 not at the 2015 World Cup against the West Indies in Wellington. The innings was the second-highest singles innings in ODI history and remains Guptill's highest scoring in any form of cricket. His other double century came in for Derbyshire in a 2015 County Championship match in Bristol. This is his only top-flight double century since January 2019.

Personal Life

Guptill was born in Auckland in 1986. He attended Kelston Primary and Kelston Boys' High School before transferring to Avondale College where he played cricket and was a prefect.

Martin Guptill Wife His wife is journalist and reporter Laura McGoldrick while his cousin Michael Guptill-Bunce has also played cricket for Auckland.
Guptill only has two toes on his left foot. At the age of 13 he was involved in a forklift accident and lost three toes. He is nicknamed "Two Toes" in the New Zealand cricket squad. He studied at Kelston Boys High School for 4 years and transferred to Avondale College in his senior year of secondary school.