{"id":6728,"date":"2023-06-26T20:55:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T15:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=327425"},"modified":"2023-06-26T20:55:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T15:25:34","slug":"kane-williamsons-participation-in-odi-world-cup-uncertain-as-recovery-takes-priority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/kane-williamsons-participation-in-odi-world-cup-uncertain-as-recovery-takes-priority\/","title":{"rendered":"Kane Williamson\u2019s participation in ODI World Cup uncertain as recovery takes priority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has cast doubt on his participation in the upcoming ODI World Cup in India, stating that the prospects of him playing are on the \u201cunlikely side of expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Williamson suffered a ruptured ACL in his right knee during the IPL 2023 opener in March and has been undergoing rehabilitation since then.<\/p>\n<p>While he hasn\u2019t completely ruled out featuring in the World Cup, he emphasized that his focus is on healing his injury and not rushing the recovery process.<\/p>\n<p>The New Zealand team\u2019s head coach, Gary Stead, had previously mentioned the slim chances of Williamson\u2019s inclusion but didn\u2019t want to rule it out entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Williamson expressed his eagerness to return to training and spend time with his teammates but emphasized the need to take things one day at a time and not set a specific timeline.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the uncertainty surrounding his World Cup participation, Williamson\u2019s primary concern is regaining full fitness and ensuring his long-term well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand captain Kane Williamson has cast doubt on his participation in the upcoming ODI World Cup in India, stating\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":250,"featured_media":29644,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1808,691,164],"class_list":["post-6728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-icc-odi-world-cup","tag-kane-williamson","tag-new-zealand"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}