T20 World Cup: Playing IPL and getting first hand data of situations did assist us, says Kane Williamson

New Zealand captain Kane Williamson mentioned that enjoying the 2nd part of IPL 2021 within the United Arab Emirates did assist in understanding the situations higher within the lead as much as the T20 World Cup. T20 World Cup: Kane Williamson lists IPL as an element behind New Zealand’s spectacular run (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSIPL gave first hand data of situations earlier than T20 World Cup: Kane WilliamsonNew Zealand will probably be assembly England within the first semi-finalKane Williamson was a part of SunRisers Hyderabad in UAE leg of IPL 2021New Zealand captain Kane Williamson believes enjoying the second half of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 within the UAE forward of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup has helped him in understanding the situations higher.

New Zealand will probably be taking up England within the first semi-final of the continued T20 World Cup. Williamson mentioned he had initially felt that Asian groups would have a definite benefit, however having performed within the IPL made him realise that margins are high quality.”The IPL and I suppose the other franchise come, but certainly add a lot to the knowledge of the players from all countries,” Williamson mentioned on the pre-match press convention.”And also add to the experience of being able to share and I think we’ve seen in this tournament and we certainly saw in the second half of the IPL the variability and the surfaces which, perhaps, lent itself more naturally to certain sides. But you sort of, in the moment, you compete in different games and the margins are fine.”Williamson feels that whereas margins are certainly high quality, New Zealand have additionally been ‘lucky”.”We know coming into this tournament that truly any team could beat anybody and we sort of saw that throughout the competition and there are some sides that perhaps were favourites coming into it. And we’re fortunate on the day but I suppose that’s a tournament sport as well.”So it’s nice we really feel lucky to have gotten via the phases and been enjoying some cheap cricket and we wish to proceed to,” the Kiwi skipper mentioned.Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.