New Zealand’s white-ball skipper Kane Williamson has been dominated out of this season’s Indian Premier League (IPL) after sustaining an damage in Gujarat Titans’ opening match towards Chennai Super Kings.
Williamson injured his proper knee in Friday’s match whereas fielding close to the boundary when he leapt to cease a six.
He saved two runs as he palmed the ball into the sphere however landed awkwardly, falling to the bottom clutching his knee.
The 32-year-old needed to be helped off the sphere as Gujarat introduced on Sai Sudharsan as an “Impact Player”, a brand new rule the IPL introduced on this season which allowed the 21-year-old Indian to bat at No. 3 as an alternative of Williamson through the run chase.
On Saturday, New Zealand head coach Gary Stead stated it was “too early to know” whether or not Williamson had performed vital harm to his knee that may rule him out of the 50-overs World Cup to be held in India from October this yr.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
