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New Zealand has given captain Kane Williamson a two-week deadline to show his health for the ODI World Cup 2023 beginning in October, head coach Gary Stead mentioned on Monday.
The batsman tore the cruciate ligaments in his proper knee whereas taking part in for Gujarat Titans within the Indian Premier League (IPL) in April.
The 33-year-old has recovered nicely and is batting within the nets, with a spot in New Zealand’s 15-man squad now in sight.
New Zealand will give Kane Williamson health leeway forward of the ODI World Cup in India
“We’ve got about two weeks from now until we name that side,” Stead advised New Zealand media.
“We’re going to give him every chance to use that full amount of time. He’s in full rehab mode, he’s back batting in the nets again, which is great to see.
“He’s progressing really well, but there’s a lot of work for him still to do to make sure he gets where we need him to be.”
Williamson has scored greater than 6,500 runs in one-day worldwide cricket and led New Zealand in its nail-biting defeat to England within the 2019 World Cup closing.
New Zealand performs England in its opening recreation of the World Cup in Ahmedabad on October 5. As a part of his restoration bid, Williamson is with the squad on their white-ball tour of England.
“Of course, we want him at the World Cup, but there is that bigger picture that we want Kane Williamson fit for the rest of his career,” added Stead.
“There will be honest conversations that Kane and I will have around exactly where he is at.”
All-rounder James Neesham has withdrawn from the Twenty-20 squad for the sequence towards England, which begins on Wednesday, to return residence forward of the start of his first youngster.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com