New Zealand, World Cup 2023: The New Zealand team has suffered a big setback before the ODI World Cup. The team’s star all-rounder Michael Bracewell has been injured. Bracewell is out of the World Cup after injury. However, there are about five months left for the start of the tournament. Bracewell was injured during the T20 Blast being played in England. After this he can be out of cricket for 6 months.
First Kane Williamson and now Michael Bracewell, two big players of New Zealand have been injured before the World Cup. Bracewell will have surgery in England on Thursday, June 15. After this he will start his rehab. In such a situation, it is certain that he will be out in the ODI World Cup to be played in India.
Regarding the injury, New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said, “First of all, you always feel for the player when there is an injury and especially when it means they have to be out of the world competition.”
Had scored a century against India
In a match of the ODI series played between India and New Zealand at the beginning of the year, Michael Bracewell scored an unbeaten 127 runs in 82 balls while chasing runs. Although New Zealand could not win the match, but Bracewell had won everyone’s heart with his fiery innings.
International career so far
Bracewell plays in all three formats for New Zealand. He has played 8 Tests, 19 ODIs and 16 T20 International matches so far. While batting in Test, he has scored 259 runs and has taken 25 wickets in bowling. Apart from this, in ODIs, Bracewell has scored 510 runs with the help of 2 centuries and has taken 15 wickets in bowling. At the same time, in T20 International, Bracewell has scored 113 runs with the bat and has taken 21 wickets in bowling.
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