Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 13 (ANI): New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson, who has made a comeback after a protracted damage, retired damage as a precaution after the ball struck his left thumb within the ongoing World Cup in opposition to Bangladesh on Friday.
Within the thirty eighth over of the sport, Williamson sustained a blow on his left thumb in Taskin Ahmed’s over. Glenn Philips got here in to exchange Williamson whose night time ended with a rating of 78.
“Kane Williamson (78) has been retired damage as a precaution after being hit on his left thumb whereas operating between the wickets. Phillips has joined Mitchell within the center in Chennai,” Blackcaps wrote on X, previously Twitter.
Williamson obtained remedy on the sphere however determined to stroll again to the pavilion.
After the sport, Williamson who walked out with some safety on his thumb offered an replace on his damage and stated, “Simply bought a bit fats and vibrant immediately so bought a scan tomorrow, however hopefully it is okay. [on the knee] it is okay, glad to get via the sport from a knee perspective, however from a crew perspective it was nice as properly.”The skilled batter made his return to the sphere of cricket for the primary time after sustaining an damage through the opening conflict of the Indian Premier League 2023 between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Tremendous Kings.
Coming to the match, Williamson walked out at his typical No.3 spot and made his much-awaited return, establishing a left-hand, right-hand mixture with Devon Conway.
Each batters loved a cushty powerplay and unsettled Bangladesh’s bowling set-up with fixed strike rotation.
On the finish of the powerplay, New Zealand put up 37/1 on the board.
The Kiwis shifted via gears within the subsequent overs as they gathered 55 runs within the subsequent 10 overs.
Conway misplaced his wicket on the very first ball on the twenty first over with Shakib Al Hasan stepping as much as present the breakthrough.
This was the ultimate wicket of the night time, as Williamson and Daryl Mitchell took aside Bangladesh bowlers.
Within the thirty eighth over of the sport, Williamson sustained a blow on his left thumb in Taskin Ahmed’s over. Glenn Phillips got here in to exchange Williamson as he retired damage with a rating of 78.
Phillips and Mitchell completed off the sport for New Zealand with scores of 16 and 89 respectively to seal a cushty 8-wicket victory. (ANI)
