{"id":5578,"date":"2024-10-29T07:15:09","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T07:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/?p=5578"},"modified":"2024-10-29T07:15:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T07:15:09","slug":"kane-williamson-to-miss-india-test-focuses-on-england-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/2024\/10\/29\/kane-williamson-to-miss-india-test-focuses-on-england-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Kane Williamson to Miss India Test, Focuses on England Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New Zealand Cricket announced on Tuesday that Kane Williamson will be unavailable for the third Test against India in Mumbai. The decision was made to prioritize his recovery from a groin injury and ensure his fitness for the upcoming home series against England, starting November 28th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williamson, who missed the first two Tests of the India series, will continue his rehabilitation in New Zealand. &#8220;Kane is showing positive signs, but he&#8217;s not quite ready to travel to India,&#8221; said New Zealand head coach Gary Stead. &#8220;We believe the best approach is for him to stay in New Zealand and complete his recovery, ensuring he&#8217;s fully prepared for the England series.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a month to go before the England series, the cautious approach will allow Williamson to be ready for the first Test in Christchurch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand currently holds a 2-0 lead in the India series and aims to complete a clean sweep to bolster their chances of qualifying for the World Test Championship final. The third Test is set to begin in Mumbai on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand Cricket announced on Tuesday that Kane Williamson will be unavailable for the third Test against India in Mumbai. The decision was made to prioritize his recovery from a groin injury and ensure his fitness for the upcoming home series against England, starting November 28th. Williamson, who missed the first two Tests of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,56],"tags":[75,69,113],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5580,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578\/revisions\/5580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingsports.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}