New Zealand captain Kane Williamson on Monday, provided an update on his recovery from the knee injury ahead of the ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 in India, expressing his hope to be back in time.
Williamson ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee while fielding for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League match earlier this month and underwent surgery.
Following the gruelling injury, Kane Williamson was seen walking on crutches after returning to New Zealand.
However, the Kiwi captain is now on the road to recovery and is desperately hoping to make his way back to the national side at the earliest.
“Very much just trying to keep it week-to-week at the moment,” Williamson said.
“I haven’t had such a long-term injury before but talking to other people that have, the journey is a bit of a long one so if you look too far ahead, it probably can become a little bit daunting.”
Typically, the injury takes around six-month rehabilitation and Kane Williamson acknowledged that he is not forcing it ahead of time and claimed to be taking it on a week-to-week basis.
“Whereas, one week at a time, ticking off those small markers, those little wins that are nice to experience. But also knowing that the journey won’t be completely smooth and you have a few setbacks along the way that you have to navigate,” Williamson added.
Kane Williamson, who led New Zealand to the inaugural World Test Championship victory and has 6554 ODI runs, at an average of 47.83, under his belt, said he is keen to get back in the nets.
“Probably more for sanity and changing things up… just nice to mix up all the gym work and the physio work and rehab specific stuff to spend a bit of time with some of the other guys that are training,” he said. “Super keen to get back in the nets, for sure.”
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