IPL 2023: Kane Williamson Leaves Gujarat Titans Camp, To Head Back To New Zealand For Injury Assessment | Cricket News

New Zealand batter Kane Williamson left the Gujarat Titans (GT) camp on Sunday, placing an finish to his participation within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023. Gujarat Titans batter Kane Williamson has been dominated out of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after struggling a knee harm within the IPL marketing campaign opener in opposition to Chennai Super Kings on Friday on the Narendra Modi Stadium, introduced the franchise on Sunday. The franchise’s official Twitter deal with posted a video of Kane sitting in a automobile, leaving the camp.

“Sad to be leaving so soon. I will miss the camp for sure. See you soon,” mentioned Williamson to his followers within the video.

“See you soon, Kane! Speedy recovery, #AavaDe,” tweeted GT.

See you quickly, Kane!

Speedy restoration, #AavaDe pic.twitter.com/smaa7KXpzE

— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) April 2, 2023

Gujarat Titans gave an replace on Williamson’s harm in a tweet which mentioned, “We regret to announce, Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the TATA IPL 2023, after sustaining an injury in the season opener against Chennai Super Kings.

“We want our Titan a speedy restoration and hope for his early return.”

“It is gloomy to lose Kane to harm so early within the match. We want him a speedy restoration, with the hope of seeing him in motion very quickly,” said Vikram Solanki in a press release.

Williamson will now head home to New Zealand for further assessment. The Gujarat Titans will finalise a replacement for the right-handed batter and an announcement will be made in due course.

Williamson made an attempt to stop the ball from going over the boundary for a six during the match. He landed awkwardly on the ground and it was clear that he had ended up hurting himself while making that effort.

He was forced off the field and Sai Sudarshan came in as the impact player. Gujarat Titans went on to defeat Chennai Super Kings and secure a victory in their IPL Campaign opener by 5 wickets.

Kane Williamson was bought by GT in the IPL 2023 auction last year for Rs 2 crore.

He represented Sunrisers Hyderabad since his IPL debut from his debut year in 2015 to 2022. In his IPL career, he has scored 2,101 runs in 77 matches at an average of 36.22. He has scored eighteen fifties in his career, with the best score of 89.