Watch: In his second comeback match of the World Cup, Kane Williamson slammed two consecutive boundaries off Iftikhar Ahmed en route to a brilliant 95.
Kane Williamson has not played professional cricket since he got injured in the opening match of IPL 2023. Nevertheless, New Zealand’s cricket kept him in his 2023 World Cup squad.
New Zealand had defeated England and the Netherlands in the first two games of the World Cup without Williamson. In his return game against Bangladesh, he scored 78 points with a throw, but he got hit in the thumb with a throw and was forced to leave with an injury.
Following tests revealed a fracture, and Williamson also missed New Zealand’s next three games. After defeating Afghanistan, they lost consecutive matches against India, Australia and South Africa, dropping them to fourth place in the points table.
Williamson returned to bat in the crucial match against Pakistan as New Zealand won 68-1 in 10.5 overs. He studded his 10 fours and two sixes as he scored an astonishing score of 95 off 79 balls, with Rachin Ravindra (108 off 95 balls) making his 183 for his second wicket. contributed to the score.
Pakistan started with four fast bowlers, supported by part-time spinners Iftikhar Ahmed, Salman Agha and Saud Shakir to share the duties of the fifth bowler.
Iftikhar conceded 30 in the first five overs. In the sixth race, Williamson and Ravindra each ran solo. Williamson then stepped forward and hit the third ball against a specially guarded fence. Unsatisfied, he labored the next ball over the midwicket fence. And after playing a single, Ravindra cut the last ball of the over four.
At the time of writing, New Zealand were 261-3 from 36 overs. On the goal line were Darryl Mitchell (3) and Mark Chapman (0).
Watch Kane Williamson hit Iftikhar Ahmed for back-to-back boundaries:
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