Why is Kane Williamson not playing today’s fourth T20I between New Zealand and India?

Dixit Bhargav | 31/01/2020
Why is Kane Williamson not playing today’s fourth T20I between New Zealand and India?

Why is Kane Williamson not playing today’s fourth T20I: The hosts have been hit hard by the news regarding their captain.

Having already lost the five-match series, New Zealand have been hit hard by the news of their captain Kane Williamson getting ruled out of the fourth T20I against India at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington.

It is worth mentioning that senior seamer Tim Southee will lead the team in Williamson’s absence. In the 11 matches that New Zealand have played under Southee, they have won seven, lost three and tied one.

The last time when Southee led New Zealand in a T20I was when they played an intriguing super over against England in Auckland.

Why is Kane Williamson not playing today’s fourth T20I

The development regarding Williamson was made public by New Zealand Cricket via a post on social media platform Twitter.

“Captain Kane Williamson has been ruled out of tonight’s 4th T20I with a left-shoulder injury (AC joint) sustained while diving in the field in game 3. He will hopefully be available for the final game of the series at Bay Oval. Tim Southee will captain the side in T20I 4,” read the tweet.

Having scored 160 runs in three T20Is at an average of 53.33 and a strike rate of 170.21 including a career-best 95 (48) in the last match in Hamilton, Williamson is currently the highest run-scorer in the series.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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