In the first match against Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Gujarat Titans, he won by 5 wickets. But on Saturday morning, the team got terrible news when the update came on the injury of the team’s senior star batsman Kane Williamson.
Kane Williamson, who took care of the middle order for Gujarat, is out of the entire IPL 2023 season. In the match against Chennai, he injured his knee while trying to catch a catch in the air. After this, he was taken for a scan, where it was found that it was tough for him to return to the field.
Big blow to Gujarat Titans as Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the IPL 2023 due to the knee injury #Breaking @sports_tak
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73) April 1, 2023
Williamson suffered a knee injury while taking a catch in yesterday’s match, after which he could see neither field nor bat for the team. In his place, the team used an impact player and sent Sai Sudarshan to bat. Williamson is an important batsman for the middle order of Gujarat.
Kane Was Injured Like This
During the batting of Chennai Super Kings, Joshua Little came to bowl the 12th over from Gujarat. On the third ball of his over, Ruturaj Gaikwad played a big short towards the mid-wicket.
Kane Williamson leapt in the air, fielding on the boundary line and took a brilliant catch. But his balance deteriorated to prevent the ball from crossing the boundary, and his knee got injured. He has injured his right knee.
Kane moaned in pain as soon as he fell to the ground. The commentary panel also said that their injury of Kane looked very dangerous. After this, the physio came on the field and took stock of Kane’s injury, after which he had to go out of the area with the help of his shoulder.
