Kane Williamson

New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson will lead Sunrisers Hyderabad after Australia's David Warner was earlier banned from playing the 11th edition of IPL along with Australia captain Steve Smith in the wake of the ball-tampering scandal. Williamson has a good captain experience as he has been leading New Zealand for quite sometime. The Williamson-led Kiwi side tasted success against England in Tests at home. Williamson began his cricketing career against India in an ODI in August 2010 while donned the Test jersey against the same opposition later that year. Since, his Test debut, Williamson has scored 5338 runs in 65 matches averaging 50.35 including 18 hundreds. In ODIs, the right-hander has represented New Zealand in 127 matches scoring 5156 runs at an average of 46.87. The Blackcaps skipper has been a part of IPL in three seasons where he has played 15 and has scored 411 runs.

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Kane Williamson returns for New Zealand's three-Test cricket series against West Indies

November 24, 2025 11:29 am

Williamson had sustained a minor groin injury after playing in the first two of New Zealand's three one-day internationals against England last month.

Kane Williamson announces T20I retirement with immediate effect

November 02, 2025 4:39 pm

Williamson, who played 93 T20I games for New Zealand, was recently appointed the strategic advisor for the IPL franchise Lucknow Super Giants for the 2026 season.

Kane Williamson's last international tournament was the Champions Trophy in the UAE early this year. (Sportzpics)

‘Your life situation changes, as mine has..': Kane Williamson on striking the balance between international cricket and family

October 25, 2025 12:15 pm

Kane Williamson is currently under a casual playing agreement with Cricket New Zealand and has spoken about how he is making the balance between cricket and family and how he sees the balance as the ‘most important thing’ for him.

NZC said Williamson had been recovering from a "minor medical issue" in the past month which kept him out of the ongoing T20 series. (Sportzpics)

Kane Williamson returns to New Zealand squad for England ODIs

October 20, 2025 12:45 am

Kane Williamson has not played for New Zealand in any format since they lost the Champions Trophy final to India in March

Former New Zealand captain Kane Williamson. (PHOTO: REUTERS)

Kane Williamson makes Indian Premier League comeback, joins Lucknow Super Giants

October 16, 2025 2:21 pm

Besides Williamson, former England first-class cricketer Carl Daniel Crowe has also joined LSG, having been appointed the spin bowling coach.

Kane Williamson on future of Tests: 'If only 3 teams are playing the format, it will struggle to survive'

October 09, 2025 9:55 am

According to Williamson, irrespective of the discussions on a potential two-tier Test cricket system, it is the need of the hour for all playing nations to come together and find a solution.

Ben Stokes played a crucial role in helping his side lift the World Cup trophy. (AP)

Kane Williamson recalls umpiring error from 2019 final: 'Rule is the rule...that was one of those unfortunate things'

August 09, 2025 4:26 pm

'It was a quiet dressing room as you could imagine,' Williamson said

New Zealand coach Rob Walter and former captain Kane Williamson. (New Zealand Cricket/Reuters)

‘He’s still very committed to New Zealand cricket’: Coach Walter confident of Williamson’s return despite opting out of contract

July 09, 2025 5:16 pm

Williamson will be leading the London Spirit in The Hundred in England instead of playing two Tests against Zimbabwe in late July and August, set to be played in Bulawayo.

Why No 3s have spiralled south, slipped in averages and are struggling across Test nations

June 28, 2025 8:25 am

No other batting position has seen plummeting averages in the last few years, like the No 3, with even Magnus Labuschagne and Cheteshwar Pujara falling to the jinx as legacy of Bradman, Dravid, Sangakkara-roles slipping.

Shubman Gill, Yashasvi Jaiswal among successors to Fab 4, says Kane Williamson

June 10, 2025 6:56 pm

Virat Kohli, Steven Smith, Joe Root and Kane Williamson were called the fab four by Martin Crowe in 2014

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SRH vs GT: Sunrisers snap Gujarat Titans' unbeaten run

April 12, 2022 12:37 pm

Sunrisers Hyderabad snapped Gujarat Titans' three-match winning streak with a eight-wicket win in the Indian Premier League, with captain Kane Williamson leading from the front with a solid 57 while Nicholas Pooran gave the finishing touches with a late flourish here on Monday.

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ICC Champions Trophy 2017: 'Dark horses' New Zealand are the team to watch out for

June 01, 2017 12:14 am

New Zealand are capable of producing surprising results and with their ability to perform as a unit in crunch situations of the match they can go on to win their second ICC Champions Trophy title.