New Zealand captain Kane Williamson’s continuation within the ongoing IPL season has been put underneath doubt after struggling a proper knee damage throughout his staff’s profitable effort in opposition to Chennai Super Kings. The 32-year-old bought injured following a nasty fall whereas fielding on the boundary throughout the CSK innings. He had limped off the sector within the thirteenth over on Friday. The extent of his damage will not be but recognized, however going by what was seen on Friday night time, it didn’t appear a minor damage. Williamson, who was making his Gujarat Titans debut, intercepted a ball headed for a potential six off CSK opener Ruturaj Gaikwad’s bat.
He managed to palm the ball into the sector of play earlier than it bounced onto the boundary ropes. But he fell awkwardly on the bottom and clutched his proper knee in ache. He was taken off after receiving on-field therapy and didn’t come again to ba with B Sai Sudharsan coming in instead fielder first and later he took Williamson’s place within the Titans’ taking part in XI underneath the Impact Player rule.
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Titans captain Hardik Pandya had mentioned on the post-match press convention that he didn’t know the way critical was the damage. “It is knee (injury) for sure but I don’t have any update about what exactly has happened. I don’t know how serious the injury is and how much time it will take (to heal). Right now there is no time frame,” Pandya mentioned.
“I had just messaged him. He (Williamson) has gone for the scans, once he comes back after the scans and doctors check (on him), then only we will be able to know what exactly it is.”
In Auckland, New Zealand head coach Gary Stead mentioned Williamson’s damage was an enormous blow to the nationwide staff.
“Our first thoughts are obviously with him, we’re not sure at this stage of the severity of the injury. He’s being assessed in the next 24-48 hours, so we will know more after that,? said Stead, who had spoken to Williamson since the incident and found him in ‘OK’ spirits. “All we all know at this stage is it is his proper knee. Unfortunately I can not provide you with way more than that now till we discover out extra data,” Stead was quoted as saying by www.Stuff.Co.Nz.
“It’s not nice to see anyone, let alone your captain of your white ball team, being injured. It’s a big blow for him, and it’s a big blow for us.”
Williamson had performed for Sunrisers Hyderabad since 2015, and captained them absolutely in 2018 and 2022, and partially in 2019 and 2021.
