The New Zealand cricket team is on a tour of India. The first match of the Bengaluru Test series will be held between India and New Zealand. But the match is getting delayed due to rain. New Zealand has suffered a major setback before this match. The team’s veteran player Kane Williamson will not play in this match. Williamson is injured. Will Young has been given a chance in his place. Young can also get a place in the playing eleven. Williamson is an experienced player. He has a lot of experience playing in India.
Williamson was injured during the match against Sri Lanka. He was in rehab after this. It was expected that he would make a comeback soon. But this could not happen. However, despite this, New Zealand has included Williamson’s name in the team for the Test series. His name has been given for the second and third Tests. But at present, no official update has been received regarding his return.
Williamson’s Test record has been strong –
Williamson is an experienced player. His Test record has been excellent so far. Williamson has scored 8881 runs in 102 Test matches. He has scored 32 centuries and 35 half-centuries during this period. Williamson’s best Test score has been 251 runs. The interesting thing is that he has also shown amazing performance in bowling. Williamson has bowled in 67 Test innings so far. He has taken 30 wickets during this period.
This is the complete schedule of India-New Zealand –
A three-match Test series is to be played between India and New Zealand. Its first match will be played in Bengaluru from October 16. After this, the second Test will be played in Pune from October 24. The third and last match of the series will be played in Mumbai from November 1.
