Former New Zealand captain Ken Williams was seriously injured during fielding.

special things

  • Gujarat has defeated Chennai by 5 wickets in the first match.

  • Kane Williamson has already been seriously injured in the match.

  • Kane Williamson may be out of the whole season due to injury.

New Delhi:

The first match of IPL 2023

was played between

Gujarat Titans

and

Chennai Super Kings  at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.

In this match, Gujarat won by defeating Chennai by five wickets.

Even though Gujarat has managed to start the season with a win, it has suffered a major setback in the very first match of the league.

In fact, former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson

has been seriously injured

during fielding due to which he has been ruled out of the tournament.

Gujarat Titans has also confirmed this news. 

We regret to announce, Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the TATA IPL 2023, after sustaining an injury in the season opener against Chennai Super Kings.



We wish our Titan a speedy recovery and hope for his early return.

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— Gujarat Titans (@gujarat_titans) April 2, 2023

Actually, on the third ball of the 12th over of Chennai's innings, Rituraj Gaikwad played a short in the direction of midwicket.

During this, Kane Williamson made a great effort while fielding on the boundary line and jumped and caught the ball going for sixes.

However, the ball slipped out of his hands.

During this, Williamson could not even keep his balance properly and injured his right knee while falling.

After falling, Kane Williamson moaned in pain by holding his knee.

After this the medical staff of Gujarat saw him and Ken was taken out of the support.

It was clear from the pictures that Kane's injury was serious.

Sad news: Kane Williamson's injury looks worse.

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– Johns.

(@CricCrazyJohns) March 31, 2023

Let us tell that in the first match of IPL 2023, after losing the toss, Chennai Super Kings scored 178 for the loss of 7 wickets in the scheduled 20 overs on the basis of Rituraj Gaikwad's explosive innings of 92 runs and Gujarat to win. Was given a target of 179 runs.

In response, Gujarat won the match by losing 5 wickets on the basis of Shubman Gill's innings of 63 runs.


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