Gujarat Titans (GT) batter Kane Williamson will miss the rest of the IPL 2023 resulting from a knee harm he had sustained within the opening sport of the event, towards Chennai Tremendous Kings (CSK) in Ahmedabad on March 31.

Williamson has returned to New Zealand and shall be seen by related medical specialists to determine a remedy plan, in response to NZC.

“It’s unhappy to lose Kane to harm so early within the event. We want him a speedy restoration, with the hope of seeing him in motion very quickly,” GT’s director of cricket Vikram Solanki, stated in his official assertion.

On Tuesday (April 4) night, the Gujarat administration named Dasun Shanaka as a alternative for injured Williamson.

Shanaka, the Sri Lankan captain for white-ball cricket, is a dynamic all-rounder who can bat within the center order and bowl right-arm seam. Within the current T20I collection towards India, Shanaka scored 124 runs in three innings at a strike charge of 187 and a mean of 62.00. He was additionally Sri Lanka’s highest run-scorer within the subsequent ODI collection, with 121 runs in three innings.

Shanaka has been signed by GT for his base value of INR 50 lakh, and this shall be his debut season within the IPL.