Earlier this week,𓂃 David Warner stepped down as the captain of Sunrisers Hyderabad for IPL 2018. Australia Cricket has decided to𒁃 ban him and Steve Smith for 1 year.
It was time for Sunrisers Hyderabad to pick a new captain for this season, and it was none other than New Zealand’s skipper Kane Williamson.
Let’s look at the top 5 facts about Kane Williamson:
1. Born in 1990, year after Sachin Tendulkar made his international debut
The God of Cricket has inspired many to choose cricket as their career. Kane was born in 1990, a year after Sachin made his interna🦹tional debut, but he was fortunate enough to play with the master blaster during his career.
2. Twin brother
Kane has a twin brother Logan who is just a few m🐼inutes younger than him.
3. Kane loves surfing
🅘He loves surfing and you 💃can find him at the beach with his surfboard when he is not on the cricket field.
4. U-19 World Cup
At the age of 17, Kane led his side for U-19 World Cup in Malaysia in 2008. They lost to India in semi-finals, who went ahead to win the championship. Indian team at that time was led by theꩵ current skipper Virat Kohli.
5. Ignored in IPL
Kane was ignored in IPL for a long time and was picked by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 8th edition of the game in 2016🐽. He was re♉tained by the franchise in 2017 as well as 2018.
