Kane Williamson ruled out of Pune Test, Stead confirms | New Zealand India Tour 2024

New Zealand coach Gary Stead confirmed on October 22 (Tuesday) that former captain and senior batter Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the second Test against India in Pune. The Kiwi team’s highest-scoring player missed the first Test as he did not travel with the team to Bengaluru. He is currently at home in Tauranga nursing a groin injury.

“We are monitoring Kane and he is moving in the right direction, but he still needs to be 100% fit. We hope to see further improvement in the coming days and give him the opportunity to participate in the third Test. We’ll give him the same amount of time.” as much as possible to prepare, but of course continue to take a cautious approach,” Stead said in a statement released by New Zealand Cricket.

The Pune Test begins on October 24 (Thursday) and New Zealand, who are already leading 1-0 in the three-match series having won the Bangalore Test by eight wickets, will once again have Will Young batting three and likely everything, with Rachin Ravindra. continue batting at number four.

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