Marco Jansen is a South African cricketer who plays for the team South Africa. Marco Jansen was born on May 01, 2000; and as of 2024, he is 24 years old. Marco Jansen is a bowler from Potchefstroom and bowls fast seam. In his Test career to date, Marco Jansen has played 13 matches to date in his Test career and he took 49 wickets, with an average of 22.80, conceding nearly 3.38 runs per over with a best individual figure of 5 for 35.
Marco Jansen’s ODI career has played 23 matches to date in his ODI career and he took 35 wickets, with an average of 32.51, conceding nearly 6.35 runs per over with a best individual figure of 5 for 39. Marco Jansen has played 4 matches to date in his T20 career and he took 6 wickets, with an average of 29.00, conceding nearly 11.60 runs per over with a best individual figure of 3 for 52.
Marco Jansen is currently ranked 23rd in the ICC Test bowling rankings with a total of 592 points. He holds the 34th position in the ICC ODI bowling rankings with a total of 537 points.
He made his IPL debut in 2021. Marco Jansen has played 19 matches to date in his IPL career and he took 19 wickets, with an average of 32.95, conceding nearly 9.21 runs per over with a best individual figure of 3/25.
In the IPL Auction 2024, the Hyderabad franchise acquired the services of Marco Jansen for Rs 4.20 Cr. In Mar 2024, he played his last IPL match against Kolkata at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India, and had bowling figures of 40/0.
Marco Jansen Biography
| Full name | Marco Jansen |
| Nick Name | |
| Date of Birth/DOB/ age | May 01, 2000 (23 years) |
| Birth Place | Klerksdorp, South Africa |
| Zodiac sign/Sun sign | Taurus |
| Profession | Cricketer (All-rounder) |
| Country | South Africa |
| Cricket Role | Bowling Allrounder |
| Father name | Jacobus Jansen |
| Mother name | Erna Pretorius |
| Siblings | Brother– 1 Duan Jansen Sister– 2 Leandri Jansen Bianca Jansen |
| Marital Status | |
| Spouse or Girlfriend | |
| Children | |
| Education Qualification | Laerskool Goudkop |
| Religion | |
| Current Residence | |
| Nationality | South African |
| Batting Style | Right hand Bat |
| Bowling Style | Left arm Medium fast |
| Domestic Cricket debut | |
| International Debut | ODI– Did not play yet Test– Did not pay yet T20– Did not play yet |
| Teams | Lions, South Africa U19, Knights, South Africa A, Durban Heat, Warriors, South Africa, Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Washington Freedom |
Marco Jansen Physical Statistics
| Height | in centimeters– 203 cm in meters– 2.03 m in feet & inches– 6’ 8” |
| Weight | |
| Body Measurements (approx.) | |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
Marco Jansen Profile
Marco Jansen’s height immediately marks him out as a fast bowler but he began his cricket career as a batter. Jansen’s first coach was his father, Koos, who trained both him and his twin brother Duan in their hometown of Potchefstroom. At the age of 17, the pair were picked to bowl to the touring Indian side in the nets and impressed the likes of Virat Kohli with his pace and accuracy.
Jansen went on to tour India with South Africa’s Under-19 side in 2019 and, that season was the leading wicket-taker for North West in the three-day provincial competition. He travelled with South Africa’s Test squad to Pakistan in early 2021 and was signed by Mumbai Indians for the IPL. Jansen made his Test debut against India in the Boxing Day Test in 2021 and became the first player born in the 2000s to be capped for the national side.
Marco Jansen has an unmistakable presence on the field – at least when he’s not playing with his twin brother Duan. Marco had started to create waves in South Africa’s domestic circles while still a teenager and by the time he’d turned 22, he was already a South African Test player. Hailing from the North West province, Marco’s talent was first spotted by his father Koos when the former scored an unbeaten 164 in a T20 game aged 9. Training both brothers, Koos saw his efforts rewarded when the boys were called up as net bowlers for India at the Wanderers during their 2018 tour. Impressing Virat Kohli as a 17-year-old is not a feat many can lay claim to and it was one of many giant strides that Marco would go on to take in the years that followed.
Consistently hitting 140ks while hurling bolts from his lanky frame, not to mention his handy and powerful batting ability saw Marco rise through the domestic ranks pretty quickly. His List-A debut came in the 2017-18 season and was followed by his First Class debut shortly thereafter. His ability to extract prodigious swing with the new ball and his propensity to hit the deck hard and extract unsettling bounce made him a tough customer to deal with. Add to that the variations he developed, including a searing yorker and a deceptive slower ball, Jansen was almost the complete all-format bowler. The only hurdle that stood in his way was consistency.
Perhaps the greatest validation for Jansen’s skills came when he was scouted and picked up by the Mumbai Indians for IPL 2021. He became one of just a handful few overseas players that had made their IPL debut before their international one. While he only got a couple of opportunities in that season, Jansen had made enough of a name for himself to be picked up by the Sunrisers Hyderabad.
An international call-up was not far away, Jansen was added to South Africa’s squad for their tour of Pakistan in January 2021 but he’d have to wait till the end of that year to make his debut. It came in the Boxing Day Test against India in 2021 and his ODI and T20I debuts came soon after in the following year. He found himself in South Africa’s squad for the 2022 T20 World Cup as a replacement to the injured Dwaine Pretorious and in 2023, ahead of the Cricket World Cup, Jansen was named in South Africa’s 15 member squad.
Marco Jansen Career Stats
Bowling
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 13 | 22 | 1980 | 1117 | 49 | 5/35 | 7/91 | 22.79 | 3.38 | 40.4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | 23 | 23 | 1076 | 1138 | 35 | 5/39 | 5/39 | 32.51 | 6.34 | 30.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T20Is | 4 | 4 | 90 | 174 | 6 | 3/52 | 3/52 | 29.00 | 11.60 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FC | 34 | 57 | 5360 | 2859 | 123 | 6/38 | 7/51 | 23.24 | 3.20 | 43.5 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| List A | 37 | 37 | 1639 | 1638 | 52 | 5/39 | 5/39 | 31.50 | 5.99 | 31.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T20s | 59 | 58 | 1239 | 1747 | 67 | 5/30 | 5/30 | 26.07 | 8.46 | 18.4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Batting & Fielding
| FORMAT | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 13 | 21 | 4 | 401 | 84* | 23.58 | 878 | 45.67 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| ODIs | 23 | 19 | 5 | 422 | 75* | 30.14 | 373 | 113.13 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 20 | 6 | 0 |
| T20Is | 4 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 20 | 16.00 | 31 | 103.22 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| FC | 34 | 58 | 9 | 1167 | 87 | 23.81 | 2051 | 56.89 | 0 | 8 | 166 | 16 | 21 | 0 |
| List A | 37 | 28 | 10 | 539 | 75* | 29.94 | 491 | 109.77 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 22 | 10 | 0 |
| T20s | 59 | 38 | 15 | 494 | 71* | 21.47 | 363 | 136.08 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 0 |
Marco Jansen IPL Auction Price History
Year | Price | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20.00 Lac | Mumbai |
| 2022 | 4.20 Cr | Hyderabad |
| 2023 | 4.20 Cr | Hyderabad |
| 2024 | 4.20 Cr | Hyderabad |
Marco Jansen’s Social Media Accounts
| Marco Jansen (@marco7jansen) | |
| Marco Jansen (@marcojansen2000) | |
| Wikipedia | Marco Jansen |
Some Lesser-Known Facts About Marco Jansen
- Marco Jansen is a South African cricketer, who plays as an all-rounder for the North West side in the domestic league, and franchise cricket for Mumbai Indians in the IPL.
- On 8th April 2018, Marco Jansen made his List-A debut for North West in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge followed by a First-class debut for North West in the 2018–19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup on 11 October 2018.
- Marco Jansen has a twin brother Duan Jansen, who has played for North West in the 2017–18 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge.
- During a U-9s school cricket match, Marco Jansen’s father Jacobus Jansen, who was a rugby union player for Free State Cheetahs, discovered his son’s special talent
- Marco Jansen, who is almost seven feet tall bowls at around 140- 142 kph and can contribute with his bat, which is why he is considered a serious talent in the South African domestic circuit.
- Marco Jansen and his brother Duan Jansen bowled to Virat Kohli in nets during team India’s tour of South Africa in the 2017-18 season
- Marco Jansen was also a net bowler to India-A that toured to South Africa in 2017, where he bowled to players like Manish Pandey, Karun Nair, Abhinav Mukund, Shreyas Iyer, and Ishan Kishan under the watchful eyes of then India-A team cricket coach Rahul Dravid.
- He picked up 27 wickets in six matches for his side North West in the 2018-19 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup and was a leading wicket-taker in the competition.
- Marco Jansen has played 12 matches in First-class cricket picking up 52 wickets at an average of 20.51 and a strike rate of 37.8 and 13 matches in List-A cricket picking up 16 wickets.
- In January 2019, Marco Jansen was included in South Africa U-19 squad for a tour of India.
- Marco Jansen received a call-up from the South Africa national team that was on tour to Pakistan based on his performance in First-class cricket. However; he didn’t make his test debut for his national side.
- Marco Jansen was bought by Mumbai Indians for a base price of 20 lakhs INR at the IPL auction. Mumbai Indian has a history of scouting raw talents and turning them into big-game players with names like Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah, who rose through their ranks in the squad and went on to become first-team regulars.
- Mumbai Indians lost the opening match against Royal Challengers Bangalore but Marco Jansen’s performance was applauded with figures 2-28 off his four-over spell on his debut.
