New Zealand coach provides important updates of Kane Williamson’s World Cup prospects

New Zealand white-ball skipper Kane Williamson is hoped to be fit for the ODI World Cup 2023. He has been injured since the opening game of the IPL 2023. Playing for Gujarat Titans, Williamson injured his knee in the game against Chennai Super Kings. Since then, he went through surgery and now has been going through rehab.

Last month, he started doing his fitness and is being hoped for playing at the showpiece event. Meanwhile, head coach, Gary Stead has said that the team is taking every measure to adhere to the medical advice.

“We will take every measure we can to make sure that we get the medical advice that lines up and he’s where we want to be before we make that call on whether he goes [to India for the World Cup] or not,” Stead said while announcing the ODI squad for England. “It’s too early to know.”

The head coach added that the New Zealand skipper is progressing on a daily basis and the team has been careful around him.

“Kane’s working very much on a day-by-day, week-by-week process and we’ve been really clear and careful with him that we don’t look too far ahead and, I guess, get expectations too big or not big enough at times as well. He’s progressed as we’ve hoped and possibly even better in some cases but you know with ACL injuries that they can be difficult, and different for every person as well. As I said, we’ll try and get the medical experts around Kane as much as we can to help us make that decision in about three weeks’ time.”

Kane Williamson might play in World Cup knockouts: Gary Stead

Stead further spoke about whether Kane can play the knockouts of the World Cups.

“That’s something we are talking about at the moment,” Stead said. “If it’s the knockout stages then I think that might be too late because you’re saying something that may or may not even be there. But if it was earlier in the World Cup, I think we’d definitely be considering it.