Christian was born on May 4, 1983 in Sydney, Australia. He took up cricket after an unfortunate injury ended his budding football career.

He initially played for New South Wales but joined South Australia in 2007 and currently plays cricket for Victoria.

He is considered a Twenty20 cricket specialist and has played for franchises around the world. Christian is known as a strong hitter and useful center pacer. Peter English described him as a "natural all-rounder". He is considered a cricket role model for Australia's indigenous people

Early Life

Born in 1983, Christian grew up in the town of Narrandera in the Riverina region of New South Wales and is of British, Irish Catholic and Australian Indigenous Wiradjuri ancestry. He lived in Narrandera until he finished primary school and then moved to Sydney to attend St Gregory's College, Campbelltown.

Daniel Christian can be described as a bowling all-rounder who has previously played for teams such as Australia, Hampshire, South Australia, Deccan Chargers, Brisbane Heat, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Gloucestershire, Victoria, Middlesex, Hobart Hurricanes, Nottinghamshire, Rising Pune Supergiant, Trinbago Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals, Jozi Stars, Melbourne Renegades, Multan Sultans, Dublin Chiefs, Barbados Tridents, Prime Minister XI, Ponting XI, Sydney Sixers, Karachi Kings.

Cricket Career

Domestic Career

In 2003 Christian attended the Australian Cricket Academy.

Dan Christian had a fruitful time at the Australian Cricket Academy where he represented the club team and put in a good all-around performance. After a brilliant domestic season in 2006, Christian signed to represent the New South Wales national team and made his List A debut at the 2006-07 Australian One-Day Cup.

Dan Christian had a satisfactory debut season for New South Wales but his contract was not renewed for the 2007–08 season. Disappointed with the series of events, he decided to join the South Australian team ahead of the upcoming season. Christian currently represents the Victoria team in the Australian domestic circuit.

Big Bash League

Dan Christian made his Big Bash League debut for the Brisbane Heat in the 2011 season. Christian proved his valuable importance as an all-rounder in the Brisbane team. He was retained by the franchise through the 2015 season and prior to the 2016 auctions. Hobart Hurricanes picked the talented all-rounder in the auctions for $500,000.

Dan Christian had a suspension period for Hobart Hurricanes where he was and was not with the team due to injuries or other commitments. Hobart Hurricanes retained Christian through the 2018 season, after which he was selected by the Melbourne Renegades franchise. Christian currently plays for the Sydney Sixers franchise and is expected to play in the 2021-22 season starting next week.

English T-20 Blast

Dan Christian rose to prominence as a T-20 player after the 2010 T-20 World Championship. He signed a deal with English county club Hampshire to play in the national T-20 cup. He played for Hampshire through the 2013 season and was signed by the Gloucestershire Gladiators for the 2013 T-20 season. However, he refused to play a game against Australia.

This led to his release and was selected by Middlesex for the 2014 season. Nottinghamshire County Club was Christian's fourth franchise in England's T-20 blast and probably the longest and most successful. He hit a brilliant 129 batting effort against Kent in his inaugural season. Christian has a brief history with the county.

Indian Premier League

Dan Christian was a valuable part of the IPL. Christian was signed by the Deccan Chargers franchise for the 2011 season. Following Deccan Chargers' exit from IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore took an interest in the Australian and landed the talented man for the 2013 season for a whopping $100,000 auction price.

Christian's disappointing form kept him out of the IPL for a short time until he was picked by the 2017 runner-up Rising Pune Supergiants franchise under MS Dhoni. Dan Christian went unsold for a further three IPL auctions and was again selected by the Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise for the 2021 season.

International Career

In 2009, Christian managed an Indigenous Australian cricket team that toured England. "With the racquet, Christian can be brutal, especially when targeting Adelaide's space limits, and he's one of those rare forwards whose eyes don't need a warm-up ball." He was included in Australia's Twenty20 team" after a Series of brutal, clever and consistent performances."

In February 2010 he made his Twenty20 International debut against the West Indies. The following month he was selected to be a member of Australia's squad for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

Dan Christian continued to be an integral part of Australia's T-20 team and was tried in the ODI format against Sri Lanka where he broke certain records. Christian scored his best bowling figures against Sri Lanka at the second ODI on 2 March 2012, which also included a hat-trick, but Australia failed to win the game despite their impressive performance.

On 8 August 2021, Christian scored 30 runs after an over-bowl by left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan in a 15-ball 39 goal against Bangladesh, becoming the first Australian to score five sixes in a single over scored a T20 international. Later that same month, Christian was named as one of three injury guards in Australia's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

Achievements in T20I

Twenty20 International is a form of cricket played by two international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), with each side having a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are high quality and the highest level for the T20. Let's look at the Daniel Christian T20I achievements. The number of games played by Daniel Christian. in T20 internationals is recorded as 16 and the number of innings is 7. He scored 27 in T20I. Daniel Christian's highest score in T20I is 9

Record

• Dan Christian became only the fourth Australian to score an ODI hat-trick in 2012, although two other Australians (Clint Mckay and James Faulkner) followed him to accomplish the feat.
• Third Australian to score a hat-trick alongside a hat-trick in a one-day international.
• First Australian to hit five sixes in a single over in international cricket.
• First Australian cricketer to play in over five domestic leagues and represent over 10 franchises.
• Top scorer for South Australia at the 2011-12 Ryobi Cup.

Controversies

Dan Christian has landed himself in much controversy about the core of his professional career. Here are the snippets of his controversial remarks;

• Daniel Christian made controversial remarks about Indian and the RCB captain in a podcast he published, but which was later deleted. He had reportedly published racist remarks.
• Dan Christian had made racist comments against Caribbean players including Darren Sammy, prompting Cricket Australia to hand him a one-year ban.
• Dan Christian and his girlfriend Lucy McIntosh were attacked by RCB fans after his humiliating performance led to the franchise's loss to KKR in 2021.
• Dan Christian represented the Rising Pune Supergiants franchise in 2017 where he wore the wrong jersey of his teammate Ben Stokes and entered the field which caused controversy.