The incident took place in the 13th over of the match when Williamson attempted to save a six hit by Ruturaj Gaikwad off Joshua Little’s delivery, but ended up landing on his right knee. Soon the physios of both GT and CSK checked upon Williamson, who was later replaced by Sai Sudharsan in the match.
Following the injury, the Ahmedabad-based franchise didn’t take long to announce that the right-handed batter would no longer be part of the IPL 2023 and will return to his home town. However, the seriousness of Williamson’s injury was not disclosed either by the team or by the player himself.
In the meantime, Williamson left for New Zealand and was spotted at Auckland airport on Tuesday (April 4). The video of the same was released by a local media network on its Twitter handle. In the clip, the 32-year-old can be seen walking in crutches and a knee brace.
Speaking to the reporters about his injury, Williamson said: “It’s not too painful at the moment.”
Here’s the video:
Although the extent of the injury is yet to be known, this could prove to be a big setback for the national team of New Zealand as Williamson is one of their key players, and the ODI World Cup 2023 is also lined up later this year. As far as the GT is concerned, they haven’t yet finalized the replacement of Williamson but are looking at possible options that could fit in the place of the Kiwi batter.
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