New Zealand captain Williamson harm his knee in a fall whilst fielding within the opening tournament of the event after which limped off the sphere within the thirteenth over of CSK innings.
Williamson, who used to be making his Gujarat Titans debut, intercepted a ball headed for a imaginable six off CSK opener Ruturaj Gaikwad’s bat.
He controlled to palm the ball into the sphere of play sooner than it bounced onto the boundary ropes. But he fell awkwardly at the floor and clutched his proper knee in ache.
The extent of his damage isn’t but recognized, but it surely did not glance just right.
He used to be taken off after receiving on-field remedy and didn’t come again to ba with B Sai Sudharsan coming in instead fielder first and later he took Williamson’s position within the Titans’ enjoying XI beneath the Impact Player rule.
Titans captain Hardik Pandya had mentioned on the post-match press convention that he didn’t know the way critical used to be the damage.
“It is knee (injury) for sure but I don’t have any update about what exactly has happened. I don’t know how serious the injury is and how much time it will take (to heal). Right now there is no time frame,” Pandya mentioned.
“I had just messaged him. He (Williamson) has gone for the scans, once he comes back after the scans and doctors check (on him), then only we will be able to know what exactly it is.”
In Auckland, New Zealand head trainer Gary Stead mentioned Williamson’s damage used to be a large blow to the nationwide workforce.
“Our first thoughts are obviously with him, we’re not sure at this stage of the severity of the injury. He’s being assessed in the next 24-48 hours, so we will know more after that,” mentioned Stead, who had spoken to Williamson for the reason that incident and located him in “OK” spirits.
“All we know at this stage is it’s his right knee. Unfortunately I can’t give you much more than that now until we find out more information,” Stead used to be quoted as pronouncing via www.stuff.co.nz.
“It’s not nice to see anyone, let alone your captain of your white ball team, being injured. It’s a big blow for him, and it’s a big blow for us.”
Williamson’s earlier stint within the cash-rich league used to be for Sunrisers Hyderabad, having captained the facet for main a part of his keep there since 2015.
(With company inputs)